plans proceeded. From the very beginning, Tillamook began claiming lives. The first was the man who designed the lighthouse, John Trewavas. On his first trip to the rock, he slipped while trying ...

(AP) — Despite the fame and numerous books written about her, much is still not known about “Terrible Tilly,” the lighthouse perched precariously on a rock offshore of Tillamook Head.

Real estate investors paid $50,000 in 1980 to buy the deteriorating Tillamook ... Lighthouse Service and, after 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard walked 77 steps on the spiral staircase from the first ...

By Christine Hauser From a distance, the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse looks ... titanium door,” she said in an interview. The plan is for the lighthouse to appeal as an alternative to scattering ...

A look at the isolated, storm-battered lighthouse on Tillamook Rock. Tillamook Rock is home to the notorious "Terrible Tillie" lighthouse. Built in 1879, the lighthouse warned ships away from ...