Lighthouses of Southwest Michigan

Lighthouses of Southwest Michigan
ISBN-10
0738523429
ISBN-13
9780738523422
Category
History
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
Susan Roark Hoyt

Description

As the coastal towns of southwestern Michigan began to grow in the 1800s, commerce and shipping traffic flourished, making way for the development of lighthouses to ensure vessels' safe passage into port. Lighthouses of Southwest Michigan takes readers on an exciting journey through the history of seven such structures, from the St. Joseph, South Haven, and Kalamazoo River Lights to the Holland Harbor, Grand Haven, Muskegon, and White River Lights. Through a rare collection of archival photographs, this book explores the legacy of these fascinating structures, the people who maintained them, and the ships and communities they protected.

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