The Lighthouse at Pigeon Point, California
Fog is an ever-present reality along the California coast, especially during the summer. It was no different on the night of 6 June 1853 as Captain Azariah Doane shepherded the clipper ship “Carrier Pigeon” north towards San Francisco. The ship, with a beautiful carrier pigeon as its figurehead, was on its maiden voyage, having left Boston six month earlier and rounded Cape Horn. As the thick fog enveloped the rigging, the Captain was convinced that he was far out at…