Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s Harriett Colfax served as the keeper of the Michigan City Lighthouse for 43 years from her appointment in 1861 until her retirement at age 80 in 1904. The oldest, stanchest and most reliable lighthouse keeper in the United States is a women. A little, fragile, pretty maid of more thanContinue reading “Harriet Colfax, part 2”
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Harriet Colfax, Lighthouse Keeper
Linda’s Monthly, Monday Morning Moaning’s, not quite as catchy, but will have to do. I am going to step a wee bit away from the ‘local history stories’ I usually try to write, but this is in keeping with the research I am doing, which differently takes me away from local history anyway. The slowContinue reading “Harriet Colfax, Lighthouse Keeper”
Changes to the Weekly Blog
Linda’s First Monday Monthly Moaning’s I will be making a change from here on as far as the weekly, Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s blog. I am finding that with the research time and writing time, I am spending on this latest book, it is making it harder to spend the time needed to gather theContinue reading “Changes to the Weekly Blog”
‘Lighthouse and Lifesaving on the Great Lakes’
Linda’ Monday Morning Moaning’s The’Post Card History Series’ is another of the ‘Series’ books for Arcadia Publishing. This series has a different cover, then what I have been used to working with on my previous books for Arcadia. Late lat week I was sent the mock up of two versions of ‘Lighthouses and Lifesaving, etc’.Continue reading “‘Lighthouse and Lifesaving on the Great Lakes’”
Researching the Lights’ 2
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s In a lighthouse, the source of light is called the ‘lamp’, whether electric or fueled by oil, and the light is concentrated by the ‘lens’ or ‘optic’. The introduction of electrification and automatic lamp changers began to make lighthouse keepers obsolete. They lighthouses still had keepers, because they could be usedContinue reading “Researching the Lights’ 2”
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