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Welcome to the Jupiter Lighthouse Chapter. The chapter was organized by Mary Lee Kenny on October 11, 1985, in the Jupiter/Tequesta area on the east coast of
Florida. We are located about 15 miles north of Palm Beach, where the Loxahatchee meets the Atlantic. A little bit of heaven guarded by a picturesque lighthouse.
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The chapter name was adopted from the historic landmark beacon, which stands beside the Loxahatchee River near where it flows through Jupiter Inlet into the Atlantic Ocean. This light, activated on July 10, 1860, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. One of the most famous lighthouses in Florida, its long and exciting history makes its name appropriate for our chapter.
Jupiter was considered the end of the Indian River, where travel by water stopped unless a vessel was large enough to to go out on the ocean. The lighthouse was built at the confluence of the Loxahatchee River, Atlantic Ocean and Indian River, nowhere near the fresh water Lake Worth.
On February 26, 1967, the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists placed an historic marker on the lighthouse grounds, which reads:
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Jupiter Lighthouse
Designed by George G. Meade, later Federal commander at Gettysburg. First lighted July 10, 1860. Dark during the War Between the States and its mechanism hidden by southern sympathizers. Re-lighted June 28, 1866, it has not missed a night in over one hundred years. Keepers: Thomas Twiner, Joseph F. Papy, Wm. B. Davis, James A. Armour, Joseph A. Wells, Thomas Knight, Charles F. Seabrook. Operated by the United States Coast Guard since 1939. |
In
1891, Seminole Indians Cypress Tiger, Jimmy Gopher, and Billy Stuart,
allowed William Henry Jackson, of the Detroit Publishing Company, to
photograph them standing on the dock of the Jupiter & Lake Worth
Railroad, better known as the "Celestial Railroad" for it's stops at
Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Juno. This railroad was used to transport
passengers from Jupiter to Lake Worth (a fresh water lake) eight miles
south, where they continued their travel south by water. Palm Beach
Inlet did not exist at that time and passengers would continue their
trip by boat to Hypoluxo on the southern end of Lake Worth. Jupiter
Lighthouse is seen across the river with the Assistant Lighthouse
Keeper's quarters to the left and Head Keeper Captain James Armour's new
quarters to the right of the lighthouse. The Celestial Railroad was
built from Jupiter overland to Lake Worth, 8 miles south, so people
could continue their travel by water. (Photo
courtesy of Detroit Publishing Company)
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Revised: October 16,
2008
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