1889 – Cubits Gap — An appropriation was made to establish a fog-signal at or near Cubit's Gap, on the Mississippi River. It is proposed that this fog-signal shall be a bell, upon a wooden tower 30 feet high, struck by machinery a single stroke at intervals of fifteen seconds; that, if necessary, a small dwelling be erected for the use of the keeper.

1891 – Cubits Gap Fog-Signal Station, at Cubits Gap, Louisiana, about 2,000 feet above Cubits Gap Post-Light.—This bell tower was erected in March, 1891. It is a square wooden tower built on four creosoted piles and is 26 feet high. The tower is painted white, the roof brown; it is located at the lower point of Cubits Gap. The nearest house to the tower is at a distance of about 600 feet, and the pilot's station is about a half mile distant

1894 – Cubits Gap fog-signal station, at Cubits Gap, Mississippi River, Louisiana.—The land is being cut away rapidly just above the station. The signal tower is already endangered. Various repairs were made.

1897 – Cubits Gap light and fog signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, Louisiana.—The keeper is now living in a rented building, which is barely habitable, and is the only one available. A keeper's dwelling seems to be urgently needed. It is estimated that a suitable structure can be erected for not exceeding $2,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of this amount be made therefor.

1898 – Cubits Gap light and fog signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, Louisiana.—A storeroom was built, the old fog-signal tower was taken down, moved 175 feet, and put up on a new foundation. An addition raising the tower about 12 feet was built. The light, which was shown from a pole, was removed to the roof of the fog-signal tower. A small wharf with fender piles was built, and a walk was laid from the wharf to the tower and from the tower to the dwelling. Minor repairs were made.

The following recommendation, made in the Board's last annual report, is renewed: The keeper is now living in a rented building, which is barely habitable, and is the only one available. A keeper's dwelling seems to be urgently needed. It is estimated that a suitable structure can be erected for not exceeding $2,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of this amount be made therefor.

1899 – Cubits Gap light and fog-signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, Louisiana.—The following recommendation, made in the Board's last two annual reports, is renewed: The keeper is now living in a rented building, which is barely habitable, and is the only one available. A keeper's dwelling seems to be urgently needed. It is estimated that a suitable structure can be erected for not exceeding $2,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of this amount be made therefor.

1900 – Cubits Gap light and fog-signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, La.—The following recommendation, made in the Board's last three annual reports, is renewed: The keeper is now living in a rented building, which is barely habitable, and is the only one available. A keeper’s dwelling seems to be urgently needed. It is estimated that a suitable structure can be erected for not exceeding $2,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of this amount be made therefor.

1901 – Cubits Gap light and fog-signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, Louisiana.—Minor repairs were made. The following recommendation, made in the Board's last four annual reports, is renewed: The keeper is now living in a rented building, which is barely habitable, and is the only one available. A keeper's dwelling seems to be urgently needed. It is estimated that a suitable structure can be erected for not exceeding $2,500, and it is recommended that an appropriation of this amount be made therefor.

1902 – Cubits Cap light and fog-signal, Mississippi River, below New Orleans, Louisiana.—A keeper's dwelling was built in the shape of an addition to the fog-bell tower, to which it is attached by a hallway. It is a single-story, four-room frame structure with a shingle roof, and stands on wooden piers. An oil house with lead floor was built. A walk 156 feet long was built leading out to a wharf, which reaches out to 5 feet of water. Various repairs were made.

1904 – Cubits Gap, Mississippi River, Louisiana.—A T-head was built at the outer end of the wharf. About 108 feet of breakwater 2 feet wide was built. A bulkhead 20 feet long on the river bank was built and filled with earth. Various repairs were made.

1905 – Cubits Gap, northeasterly bank of the Mississippi River, Louisiana.—A new fog-bell striking machine was installed.

1915 - C.W. Heartt, keeper, maintained light under trying conditions during hurricane.

1927 – Frank L. Staniel, keeper of Cubits Gap Light Station, La., on August 20 rendered assistance to the schooner Ocean Queen when it struck a submerged pile in the vicinity of the light station and sank. The cargo consisted of 100 drums of gasoline, which the keeper recovered and temporarily stored on the extreme point of the reservation.

Keepers: John B. Savage (1891 – at least 1913), Charles W. Heartt (at least 1915 – 1917), Julius Snow (1917 – 1918), Charles W. Heartt (at least 1919 – at least 1920), Frank L. Staniel (at least 1927 – at least 1940).

Laborer: Louis M. Staniel (1939 – 1946).

A modern light marks Cubits Gap today.

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