Articles by John Bailey

  1. Sentinel of the Jersey Cape: an excerpt from the Story of the Cape May Lighthouse

    Text by John Bailey | Published November 1st, 2001 in BooksCape May PointHistory Books

    Behold the Cape May Lighthouse.
    She stands there so silently and aloof that we find it difficult to fathom her age and the epochs that have swirled about her base.  At her birth (1859), the era of the steamship had not quite dawned. As the first keepers trimmed her sperm whale oil lamps and polished her [...]