Sandy Hook People

Sandy Hook People

Who was the "Hancock" in Fort Hancock? Why do gun batteries have names like Gunnison? Who helped keep the lights going at the Sandy Hook Lighthouse for more than a century? Find out all of this and more.

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Sandy Hook people

Winfield Scott Hancock

Winfield Scott Hancock, "Hancock the Superb"
John Williams Gunnison

Battery Gunnison is named after John Williams Gunnision, an explorer and soldier.
Cornelius Titus aka Colonel Tye

Renegade, Runaway Slave, Traitor, Guerilla Leader. All these titles easily describe Cornelius Titus
Tom Mix, Movie Star in Silent Westerns

Tom Mix: Movie star in silent Westerns
Sandy Hook Lighthouse Keepers

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse was maintained by a full-time keeper for more than a century.
Members of the U.S. Life Saving Team

Members of the Life Saving Team were stationed at Spermaceti Cove to help rescue shipwrecked sailors.