November 27, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 9A
Museum exhibit showcases lighthouse’s troubled past
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Congress in 1878. At the
time of its construction,
the importance of maritime
commerce mixed with dan-
gerous coastal conditions
necessitated a lighthouse in
the area. A survey showed
fog would obscure the light
if the structure was placed
directly on Tillamook Head,
so focus then shifted to the
rocky island a little more
than a mile off the coast.
After the death of surveyor
John Trewavas, who slipped
off the rock and drowned, the
overwhelming public consen-
sus was building a lighthouse
on the rock was too danger-
ous, according to the exhibit.
Nonetheless, the project
was completed in secret,
with out-of-area crew mem-
bers sequestered from the
public to prevent them from
hearing stories that might
deter their participation.
Construction on the light-
house began in 1879; it took
about 575 days to complete.
By Jan. 21, 1881, the light-
house was of¿cially opera-
tional.
Teams of as many as ¿ve
people kept the lighthouse
running. The men who lived
there — no women or chil-
dren were allowed at the
facility — had varying re-
actions to their experiences.
Some enjoyed the solitude;
others despised the isola-
The lighthouse was
commissioned by
the United States
Congress in 1878.
tion, according to the exhib-
it.
The lighthouse’s mon-
iker, Terrible Tilly, is at-
tributed to the facility’s for-
mer keepers. They conjured
up a title that encompassed
the ideas of the Graveyard
of the 3aci¿c and the swell-
ing waves that would crash
against Tillamook Rock and
occasionally go over the
lighthouse, Johnson said.
“It’s a very common
sense name,” Wright added.
The last keeper of Tilla-
mook Rock was Oswald Al-
lik. In 1957, the U.S. Coast
Guard installed a beacon
buoy just off the shores of
Tillamook Head, which
made the lighthouse obso-
lete.
“The birds call it home
now,” Wright said.
Shortly after its deactiva-
tion, the obsolete lighthouse
was auctioned off to a group
of men from Las Vegas and
then changed ownership a
couple times throughout the
years. One couple tried turn-
ing it into a vacation rental,
a daunting project that never
came to fruition.
Terrible Tilly’s most re-
cent use was as the Eterni-
ty at Sea Columbarian. The
owners lost their license for
the columbarium, however,
because of improper stor-
age of the urns and a lack
of accurate records, Johnson
said. It is rumored several
urns remain stored at the
lighthouse.
The facility, which can
only be safely accessed by
helicopter and is off-limits
during the seabird nesting
season, is no longer private-
ly owned, Johnson said. The
U.S Fish & Wildlife Service
oversees the rock as a wild-
life refuge. It was placed
on the National Register
of Historic Places in 1981.
“The Tale of Infamous Ter-
rible Tilly” exhibit was on
display in Cannon Beach
from June 2014 to May
2015. The institution re-
cently replaced the tempo-
rary exhibit with a display
on World War II on the Or-
egon Coast, which will be
up through next February,
Johnson said. When Wright
heard the Tillamook Rock
Lighthouse exhibit might
be available, he asked if
the Seaside Museum could
borrow it, and the Cannon
Beach History Center and
Museum agreed. The Sea-
side Museum, at 570 Neca-
nicum Drive, is open Mon-
days through Saturdays
from noon to 3 p.m.
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