Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - History & Culture (U.S. National Park Service)

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Lake Superior's Au Sable Light Station, built in 1874 by the U.S. Lighthouse Service, is located within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

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	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore History & Culture

This black and white photo depicts the Munising Coast Guard station in 1968.

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Munising U.S. Coast Guard Station, 1968

Please use these links to pdf files and other webpages to learn more about the history surrounding Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Au Sable Light Station

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The Gateway Arch frames the Old Courthouse at Jefferson National Expension Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri.

National Register of Historic Places
significant in U.S. history
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President Truman celebrates his birthday with a cake and candles.

National Park Service History & Culture website
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Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
All about Michigan lighthouses
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Raspberry Island Lighthouse at Apostle Island National Lakeshore

Lighthouses of Lake Superior
lights on the largest Great Lake
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			Did You Know? Mineral stains give color to the famous cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Red and orange colors are iron, black is manganese, white is limonite, and green is a trace of copper. There are no pictographs or petroglyphs on the Pictured Rocks cliffs (that we know of). more...

Last Updated: November 17, 2008 at 08:31 EST