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| '''Stepping Stones Lighthouse''' is a very old Victorian-style lighthouse built on a series of rocky reefs in ], in ]. The lighthouse is square-shaped and made of ], standing one-and-a-half stories high. It was originally lit in 1877, and automated in 1967. It remains in use today, under the management of the ]. It is not open to the public. | |||
| The Stepping Stones Lighthouse, New York | |||
| The reef upon which it sits got its name from ancient Sinawoy (Minnefords) Native American legends. The tribe used warriors and medicine to chase the Devil out of present-day ] onto ] (Greater Minneford Island), trapping him at Belden Point. The Devil then picked up huge boulders and tossed them into Long Island Sound, using them as stepping stones to escape. The natives gave the rocks the name "the Devil's Stepping Stones" and later it was dropped to just the Stepping Stones. | |||
| The Stepping Stones Lighthouse in Nassau County, New York is a very old Victorian Style lighthouse built on a series of rocky reefs in Long Island Sound. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| According to ancient Pre-Colombian Native American Sinawoy (Minnefords) Indians legends, The Tribe used Warriors and Medicine to chase the Devil out of Westchester County onto City Island (Greater Minneford Island) trapping him at Belden Point, City Island. | |||
| ⚫ | *http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/stepping.htm | ||
| ⚫ | *http://www.lilighthousesociety.org/lighthouses/nassaucounty/steppingstones/steppingstones.htm | ||
| ⚫ | *http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/stepstone.htm | ||
| ⚫ | *http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=751 | ||
| ⚫ | *http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/longisland/steppingstones/default.htm | ||
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| Local Legend says The Devil picked up huge boulders and tossed them into Long Island Sound and hopped onto them using them as Stepping Stones to escape. | |||
| The Natives gave the rocks there the name The Devils Stepping Stones and later it was dropped to just The Stepping Stones. | |||
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| ⚫ | http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/stepping.htm | ||
| ⚫ | http://www.lilighthousesociety.org/lighthouses/nassaucounty/steppingstones/steppingstones.htm | ||
| ⚫ | http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/stepstone.htm | ||
| ⚫ | http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=751 | ||
| ⚫ | http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/longisland/steppingstones/default.htm | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 8 December 2004
Stepping Stones Lighthouse is a very old Victorian-style lighthouse built on a series of rocky reefs in Long Island Sound, in Nassau County, New York. The lighthouse is square-shaped and made of brick, standing one-and-a-half stories high. It was originally lit in 1877, and automated in 1967. It remains in use today, under the management of the United States Coast Guard. It is not open to the public.
The reef upon which it sits got its name from ancient Sinawoy (Minnefords) Native American legends. The tribe used warriors and medicine to chase the Devil out of present-day Westchester County, New York onto City Island (Greater Minneford Island), trapping him at Belden Point. The Devil then picked up huge boulders and tossed them into Long Island Sound, using them as stepping stones to escape. The natives gave the rocks the name "the Devil's Stepping Stones" and later it was dropped to just the Stepping Stones.
External links
- http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/stepping.htm
- http://www.lilighthousesociety.org/lighthouses/nassaucounty/steppingstones/steppingstones.htm
- http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/stepstone.htm
- http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=751
- http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/longisland/steppingstones/default.htm