Point Sur Lighthouse - California

One of the shipwrecks responsible for the establishment of Point Sur Light was that of the steamer Ventura. She went down off the point April 20, 1879 with a variety of cargo including silks, linens, hardware, wagon parts and farm tools. The local folk had a field day recovering the spoils from the beach, and for years, the farms in the area made good use of what providence had brought them.

The original first order lens in the Point Sur tower is presently on loan and display at the Alan Knight Museum in Monterey.