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Marker detail: Selections from Point Iroquois’ Keepers Logbooks (with Keeper’s original spelling) | Additional Description: February 9, 1878 • very little ice to be seen in the Lake
February 10, 1878 • snow is four inches deep in the Woods
March 5, 1879 • fourteen men brought in badley frousen
March 13, 1878 • Small Boat past down from White Fish Point
April 1, 1881 • Night pleasant Day the same. Light Keeper’s Daughter Died age 19 years 8 months and 15 days.
April 9, 1878 • First Steamer past up
April 15, 1937 • plenty boats up today (40)
April 15, 1875 • The hevest gale that has bin known at this Station for 20 years. And it hove up the ice that was froam 2 to 2½ feet thick to the hights of 40 feet on the Beach. And caused Craks in the tower.
April 26, 1892 • Wind SE all the fleet got clear of the Ice 30 Steamers Bound up
April 28, 1878 • Straw Beerys in blossom at this Station
April 30, 1940 • picking stones from lawn that frost heaved up and fixing flower beds
May 3, 1883 • Light placed in Tower and great quantities of Ice in the Lake
May 13, 1883 • Keepers Daughter returned from Two Rivers
May 27, 1883 • Great quantity of ice on the beach
May 30, 1883 • Last ice seen in the Lake
June 8, 1891 • picking wood for signals on up the shore
June 11, 1894 (Sunday) • quite a number of visitors at station
June 13, 1894 • planting garden
June 29, 1875 • The last of the Great Ice Burgs disappear on the shore
July 6, 1881 • Camp Meeting commenced near this Station
July 17, 1893 (Sunday) • over 50 visitors at station from 8 to 10pm took it apart
July & August 1937 • working on stone fence (mentioned for a number of days — completed August 3rd 1937)
August 3, 1890 • Thomas Miller and crew arrived "to build signals and dock"
September 19, 1888 • Keeper's Son & brother arrived at the Station to day
September 24, 1891 • Hauling lumber from Bay Mills for the Well
September 28, 1888 • the Boys left to day
October 11, 1889 • cutting wood for winter
October 14, 1879 • Trump the Lampest visited the station
October 19, 1893 • Diging Potatoes
October 21, 1893 • 6 tons of coal delivered by ship
October 23, 1888 • a party of Hunters — spent night at Station and left next morning
October 23, 1891 • cutting wood for signals
October 25, 1878 • Picked ripe Straw Beeryes near this Station
November 11, 1883 • Night Great gale snowy Steamer past down with one mast broken
November 17, 1880 • Light closed on account of the saint Maries Cannel being closed
December 21, 1890 (Sunday) • Wm Lasley the asst. atended Services at the Indian Mishen
December 28, 1878 • No Ice on the Shore of the Lake.
Submitted: August 9, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p534118
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