Digest>March 2006

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Alexander M. Drisko (1836 – 1901) served as the assistant keeper of Maine's Libby Island Lighthouse from 1884 to 1885 and then as head keeper from 1885 to 1891. Prior to that, William H. Drisko served as the keeper from 1883 to 1885 and before that, Charles A. Drisko from 1877 to 1883. After Alexander Drisko left his position as the keeper at Libby Island, he moved to Jonesport where he took on the position as the lamplighter of the spindle light at Moosabec Reach, a position he held until his death from a stroke in December 1901.
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Shipwreck Sailors Took Refuge at Libby Island In the Great Gale of 1891
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