Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for February 2, 2016. Frigid temperatures, strong winds, snow and freezing spray have created dramatic ice formations along Lake Michigan’s shoreline, with ice coverage on the lake reaching more than 35% earlier than normal this week. The severe conditions have coated iconic lighthouses in Grand Haven, South Haven and St.Continue reading “Lake Michigan’s Frozen Lights”
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History of the United States Lighthouses
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for Monday January 5, 2026 During the colonial period in America, individual colonies provided aids to navigation. In the 17th century they typically used beacons as aids, often lighted. For example, colonists built fires on Beavertail Point to guide vessels at night in Newport, Rhode Island, soon after it wasContinue reading “History of the United States Lighthouses”
‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for July 7, 2025 I have been very fortunate to have had six previous local history books published by Arcadia Publishing since 2019, and nothing compares to the feeling when the first package of finished books are delivered to my door. All the work, research, time, love, and aggravation inContinue reading “‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’”
Preserving a Legacy
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for June 2, 2025 Preserving a Legacy, The United States Lighthouse Society: For the past 40 years, the United States Lighthouse Society (USLHS) has been in the forefront of efforts to preserve this essential part of maritime heritage. The USLHS has built a comprehensive research library, both in the physicalContinue reading “Preserving a Legacy”
A Michigan Mystery
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for May 5th, 2025 With my long love of history, I am always looking for that next great read and hopefully with some sort of an mystery attached. A few years ago I came across just the book I was looking for. Northwest Orient Airlines, Flight 2501 was a DC-4Continue reading “A Michigan Mystery”
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