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Pt. Piedras Lighthouse Keeps Coast Shippers on Course

Spanish embargoes, shipwrecks on the white rocks, and the Fresnel light that finally kept the coast's shippers on course at Piedras Blancas.

The Plaskett Family

Celebrating the descendants and friends of William Lucas Plaskett (1818–1909) and the coast they called home.

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