Hilton Head Rear Range Light and Oil House Hilton Head Island South Carolina
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Hilton Head Rear Range Light and Oil House Hilton Head Island South Carolina
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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Hilton Head Range Lights come complete with a Southern tradition, a resident ghost. A fierce hurricane in 1898 didn’t prevent Keeper Adam Fripp from tending to his light. In a driving rain, Fripp made his way to the oil house, and then to the tower and up the spiral staircase. Just as he reached the top, a powerful gust of wind shattered one of the glass panes in the lantern room. The strain of the ascent coupled with the shock of the exploding glass was more than Fripp’s heart could handle. Hours later, his daughter Caroline noticed her father’s prolonged absence and went in search of him. Wearing a long blue dress, Caroline climbed the tower where she discovered her dying father. Fripp implored his daughter to "keep the light burning no matter how dangerous the storm." Caroline was faithful to her father's final wish, sloshing through hip-deep water to replenish the lamps with oil. Several days passed before anyone made it to the island to check on Fripp. Caroline managed to tend the light throughout the storm, but her sorrow and exhaustion proved too much, as she died shortly thereafter. Since that time, sightings of a girl in a blue dress near the tall skeletal tower have been reported on dark rainy nights. (lighthousefriends.com)
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August 4th, 2014
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