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Grey granite ledges streaked with orange lichen drop into clear blue Lake Superior water, and on the wooded clifftop in the distance a small white lighthouse and keeper's house stand above the trees.

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Huron Island Lighthouse: The Wreck That Built It

The Huron Islands sit three miles off the Marquette County shore. After the steamer Arctic ran onto them in 1860, Congress paid $17,000 for a granite…

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