Rock Island Lighthouse
K e e p e r s ' L o g s

        This website contains images of the actual handwritten pages of the Rock Island Lighthouse keepers' logs—when completed this project will encompass over 2,000 page images in all. The logs are currently kept at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Logs for the years 1872 through 1955 are the only ones known to exist today; consequently, these images represent records kept by the following people:

Willard L. Cook :: 1872 > 5 February 1879
Foster M. Drake :: 20 February 1879 > 28 August 1886
Michael J. Diepolder :: 13 September 1886 > 16 July 1901
Emma E. (Ron) Diepolder :: 16 July 1901 > 12 September 1901
Eugene J. Butler :: 12 September 1901 > 31 December 1910
John C. Belden :: 24 June 1912 > 1940
Frank K. Ward :: 1939 > June 1952
John W. Van Ingen :: July 1952 > July 1955
Dennis P. Carroll :: July 1955 > December 1955

KEY:
Blue links indicate logs online
Red indicates months in progress
Gray indicates months not yet obtained

Logs: 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879
1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889
1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899
1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909
1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919
1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929
1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955

© 2001-2003, Rock Island Lighthouse Historical & Memorial Association

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