Ottawa Point (now called Tawas Point) presents a hazard to navigation as it juts out into Lake Huron. It also shelters Tawas Bay, protecting ships from strong north or northeast winds.
In 1850, The Federal government set aside $5000 to build a . . . — — Map (db m123998) HM
On East Bay Street (U.S. 23) at Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling east on East Bay Street.
This Brass Range Marker surveyors originally used, was
located on the old Iosco County Courthouse in the 1800's. M.C.
Harting's daily path to the Courthouse by his Abstract office took him
by the "stake” for over 50 years. The stake and the . . . — — Map (db m189759) HM
It is respectfully requested that the Board take under consideration the advisability of erecting a set of quarters at this station for the assistant keeper.
Major Thomas Handbury
Corps of Engineers to Light-House Board
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On East Lake Street (U.S. 23) at Newman Street, on the right when traveling east on East Lake Street.
Veterans Memorial This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who serve in time of war and peace and to honor and perpetuate the memory of those who made the surpreme sacrifice for their country. — — Map (db m189758) WM
”Put oil in new Oil House, cleaned same.”
Lightkeeper Samuel Palmer, May 26, 1989
Fuel for the Tawas Point light was originally stored in an oil room in the keeper’s dwelling. During the 1870s the Lighthouse Service changed . . . — — Map (db m123993) HM
The New Light Keepers
The State of Michigan acquired Tawas Point Light from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2002. The light will be managed by the Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Division, and interpreted by the Department of . . . — — Map (db m123997) HM
On East Bay Street (U.S. 23) near Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling east.
The first water wheel power sawmill in Iosco County was owned by
Alva Wood located on Sand Creek in Grant Township. The
waterwheel weighs 1 ˝ ton, developed 35 hp on the belt. Lacking
enough water to successfully power the mill, Mr. Wood moved . . . — — Map (db m189905) HM
The point is a “making point.”
Annual Report, U.S. Lighthouse Board, 1873
Throughout its recorded history, blowing, drifting sand has constantly extended Tawas Point. This lighthouse was built in 1876 because the end of the . . . — — Map (db m123999) HM
In 1850 the U.S. Lighthouse Service commissioned a light station to safely guide ships into Tawas Bay. The first light station was built in 1852 at the end of Tawas Point, then known as Ottawa Point. The prisms of its fifth-order Fresnel lens . . . — — Map (db m124079) HM
The point has steadily made to the southward and westward, and the extremity of it is now more than a mile from the light.
Report of the Light-House Board, 1873
Blowing, shifting sand on the point forced the construction of the . . . — — Map (db m123991) HM
On Newman Street, 0.1 miles south of U.S. 23, in the median.
General Earl T. O’Loughlin was born in 1930. He resided
in East Tawas attending Elementary School and graduating
High School in 1948 as an exemplary student. Taking the
Air Force Oath of Enlistment in 1951, Earl became a B-29
Eagle Crew Pilot . . . — — Map (db m235478) HM
