If you've ever hiked on Tillamook Head, you've probably seen this lighthouse:
This article from Atlas Obscura summarizes the history of death and tragedy there.
Terrible Tilly, the lighthouse off Tillamook Head
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Re: Terrible Tilly, the lighthouse off Tillamook Head
William Sullivan's book "Hiking Oregon's History" has a good write up on the lighthouse as well. My favorite was a storm years ago where fish(!) were thrown through the lighthouse windows in a storm!
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Re: Terrible Tilly, the lighthouse off Tillamook Head
Next time you visit Cannon Beach, go down to the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, located at the corner of S. Spruce Street and Sunset Blvd., and check out the replica of the lighthouse. Pretty neat to see the close-up details:)
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Re: Terrible Tilly, the lighthouse off Tillamook Head
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir