Land purchased from heirs of
Nathaniel Merryman
by the United States of America
November 22, 1824
Contractors - Jeremiah Berry
Robert Foster, Ballard Green
Beacon Installed - Winslow Lewis
1st Lightkeeper - Isaac Stearns
First . . . — — Map (db m52323) HM
How Did Owl's Head Get Its Name?
For centuries, people have wondered how Owl's Head received its name. According to Native American legend, the head of an owl can be identified in this rocky cliff that the Indians called . . . — — Map (db m52332) HM
To the men and women
of Owl's Head
who served their country
1776 - 1976
To honor the men buried
in the town who bore arms
in the Revolution
Samuel Bartlett · Benjamin Cooper
Thomas Hix · Job Ingraham
Job Perry 2d · Joseph Perry . . . — — Map (db m52322) WM
(panel 1)
Welcome to Owls Head Light Station
“Owl's Head ushers at once upon a scene almost too beautiful to profane with speech when we are looking at it; impossible to find language to do it justice when memory would . . . — — Map (db m116036) HM
