Researching the ‘Lights’

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s, Let’s start with, “What is a lighthouse”? Very simply a tower, building or other type of structure designed to emit a light system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid on the seas or inland waterways. Lighthouses helped mark the way around dangerous coastlines, shoals,Continue reading “Researching the ‘Lights’”

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A Quick Trip for Research

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’ If you are researching lighthouses, the place to go is the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, also known as ‘GLLKA’ in Mackinaw City, Michigan. For those that might not be familiar to this part of Michigan, it’s were the very tip of the mitten, connects to a five mile long bridgeContinue reading “A Quick Trip for Research”

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‘Lights of the Great Lakes’

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Last week, I said I would be blogging the second part of the information on the Mount Vernon area, here in Washington. That will be furthered in next weeks blog instead of todays. For the last couple of months I have been working on a new project while I was waitingContinue reading “‘Lights of the Great Lakes’”

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‘Old Field Point Light’

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s: FYI, for those individuals who are contemplating researching, really any type of topic, never, never allow your enthusiasm and excitement over a great find, to blind you to the fact, you are on the path to furthering something you CAN NOT USE! As I have mentioned I am researching another bookContinue reading “‘Old Field Point Light’”

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Little Sable Point Light Station

This week’s Monday Morning Moaning’s is going to open up the research I have been doing on this new venture I have begun on the Great Lakes Lights. In 1867 lumbering was the main business in Golden Township on Lake Michigan where Little Sable Point Light is located. With very little roads at the time,Continue reading “Little Sable Point Light Station”

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