The Magazine Antiques, May 1st, 2002
The nine small Isles of Shoals, ten miles off the coast of New Hampshire, were so named for shoals of fish not shoals of rocks, although in truth there are a great many rocks both above and below the surface of the sea there. Except for day-trippers during the summer months, there is not much life on the islands today. However, in the nineteenth century there were popular hotels on Hog (renamed Appledore), Smuttynose, and Star Islands, all three built and operated by the Laighton family.
When Thomas Laighton was made the keeper of the lighthouse on White Island in 1839 he brought his wife, ...
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