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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Mount Vernon, Part Two

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Back to Mount Vernon, when Robert Eldredge wrote in ‘Past and Present of Macomb County’ in 1905, that “Mount Vernon, which is situated in section 19 and 30 of Washington Township is a thriving little village community, in which has gathered a number of business houses, two churches and a blacksmithContinue reading “Mount Vernon, Part Two”

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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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A ‘Wee’ Sneak Peak

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s With in the next week or two the fall issue of ‘Macomb Now’ magazine should be out for public viewing. A few months ago, I was contact by the editor of the magazine to ask if I would be interested in making a submission to the portion of the magazine calledContinue reading “A ‘Wee’ Sneak Peak”

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