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\n:  \n# DISCARD\n\nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2019 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/capedisappointme0000wein  \nGREAT LIGHTHOUSESOF NORTH AMERICA  \n# CAPE\n\nDISAPPOINTMENTLLGHTThe FirstLighthouse inthe PacificNorthwestAILEEN WEINTRAUBPowerkd P  \nNew York  \nTo Melissa,for being there through all of life's joys and disappointments  \nPublished in 2003 by The Rosen Publishing Group,Inc.29 East 21st Street,New York,NY 10010  \nCopyright ◎2003 by The Rosen Publishing Group,Inc.  \nAll rights reserved.Na pait of this boak may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher,except bya reviewer.  \nFirst Editian  \nEditors:Leslie Kaplan and Jennifer Landau  \nBook Design:Maria E.Melendez  \nPhoto credits:Cover photo and inset,tile page phata,p.4,p.9 top right,p.14 tap lef,p.16,p.17 top right,p.19,p.22 bottamight ◎ United States Lighthouse Society;p.5 top right ◎ Richard T.Nowitz/CORBIS;p.7◎Walfgang Kaehler/CORBiS;p.CORBIS;p.10 top left ◎ Bettmann/CORBIS;p.11 ◎ Layne Kennedy/CORBIS;p.12◎LowellGeorgia/CORBIS;Richard Cummins/CORBIS;p.20 David Muench/CORBIS;cover,itle page,backgrounds,and barder illustratians by MariaMelendez.  \nWeintraub,Aileen,1973-  \nCape Disappointment Light:the first lighthouse in the Pacific Northwest/Aileen Weintraub—1st ed.  \np.cm.一(Great lighthouses of North America)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nSummary:A history of the lighthouse that sits on a high cliff overlooking the Columbia River in Ilwaco,Washington.ISBN O-8239-6172-9(library binding)  \n1.Cape Disappointment Lighthouse (Wash.)—Juvenile literature.[1.Cape Disappointment Lighthouse (Wash.)2.Lighthouses.]  I.Title.IⅡ.Series:Weintraub,Aileen,1973-  .Great lighthouses of North America.  \nVK1025.C25W452003  \n387.1'55'09792—dc21  \n2001003897  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nCo1tets  \n1 Guiding Ships52 Rocky Coastline,Dangerous Waves63 Naming the Cape94 Westward Expansion105 The Oriole Sinks136 The Lighthouse Is Completed147 Shining the Light178 Stories of the Lighthouse Keepers189 The Graveyard of the Pacific2110 Cape Disappointment Light Sill Shines 22Glossary23Index24Web Sites24  \n住  \nCape Disappointment Light sits on a steep,granite cliff on the southwestern tipof Washington state.  \nape Disappointment Light sitshigh cliff overlooking the Columbia Rivernear Ilwaco,Washington.The lighthouseis only 53 feet(16m)tall.It shines itslight from a distance of 220 feet(67m)above the river,because it is on a cliff.A lighthouse is a tower with a brightlight at the top.This light helps to guideships through rough seas.Lighthouseshave been used since ancient times.Thefirst lighthouse was named Pharos.It wasbuilt in the port city of Alexandria,Egypt,between 290 B.C.and 270 B.C.Cape Disappointment,also known asCape D,is the oldest lighthouse in thePacific Northwest.It remains anactive lighthoUse.  \nThis is the fort  \nwhere Pharos,the  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