Episode 43 - Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,840Ready.200:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,680Is it on?300:00:01,680 --> 00:00:03,000Mm-hmm, it's been on.400:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,800Uh, hi everyone.500:00:05,800 --> 00:00:06,640I'm Emily.600:00:06,640 --> 00:00:07,560And I'm Vince.700:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,440And this is the Lighthouse Lowdown.800:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,440["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]900:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,680["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]1000:00:14,680 --> 00:00:15,520["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]1100:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,360["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]1200:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,180["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]1300:00:17,180 --> 00:00:18,020["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]1400:00:18,020 --> 00:00:19,240Happy New Year's to everyone.1500:00:19,240 --> 00:00:20,360Happy New Year's.1600:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,600Welcome to the new year, it's 2024.1700:00:22,600 --> 00:00:23,640The year of Emily.1800:00:23,640 --> 00:00:24,480No, I'm kidding.1900:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,160We'll see what 2024 brings.2000:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,360Yeah, I was really optimistic last year,2100:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,280and I think with the way that this year went,2200:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,600maybe I should just kinda see what happens.2300:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,800Ever since 2019, we've been on the uphill.2400:00:35,800 --> 00:00:36,640Yeah, oh.2500:00:36,640 --> 00:00:37,460I don't know.2600:00:37,460 --> 00:00:38,920Not entirely true.2700:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,700Generally, generally up.2800:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,520I think we're still going down, but the steepness.2900:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,360I hope not.3000:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,160The steepness of the descent has a,3100:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,560it's lessened, more shallow descent.3200:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,160So what have we got today for our New Year's episode?3300:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,800Well, I forgot to do a history buoy.3400:00:57,800 --> 00:00:58,640Gasp.3500:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,160I know, it's so sad.3600:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,680Like, most people focus on starting the New Year outright.3700:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,040You know, people are putting in a lot of effort3800:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,660and doing what they need to do.3900:01:11,200 --> 00:01:12,600You might as well let it finish.4000:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,440["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]4100:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,160Agreed.4200:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,160So I failed at that, but I at least,4300:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,520I have an episode, so it could be worse.4400:01:23,520 --> 00:01:24,360That's great.4500:01:24,360 --> 00:01:25,180Okay.4600:01:25,180 --> 00:01:30,180So the lighthouse that we're doing today is technically4700:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,200in Michigan, I believe.4800:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,320Technically, all right.4900:01:33,320 --> 00:01:34,400I can't wait.5000:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,360It's in the lake?5100:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,720It's, hang on a second.5200:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,160Yeah, it's definitely Michigan.5300:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,000Okay.5400:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,040We're going to Mackinac.5500:01:41,040 --> 00:01:41,880Very good.5600:01:43,320 --> 00:01:44,360No, just kidding.5700:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,240Mackinac is an island.5800:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,080Okay.5900:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,480And this lighthouse is called Mackinac,6000:01:50,480 --> 00:01:51,600but it's not on the island.6100:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,000It's not Mackinac Island.6200:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,640It's like a region then, it must be.6300:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,000It's, well, normally I keep it a secret,6400:01:57,000 --> 00:01:57,840but I'll just tell you.6500:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,640It's old Mackinac Point Lighthouse.6600:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,120So there's a point Mackinac and an island.6700:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,440So I'm glad we ironed that out.6800:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,920Thank goodness.6900:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,520We are the lighthouse lowdown.7000:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,960Story of this lighthouse goes back to 1838.7100:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,960Lieutenant James T. Homans sailed 1,825 miles7200:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,280through Lake Huron and Lake Michigan,7300:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,280inspecting lighthouses and locating potential spots7400:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,120for new lighthouses.7500:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,600So this guy's, this guy had a long trip ahead of him.7600:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,760He passed through the Straits of Mackinac7700:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,040and he recommended a lighthouse7800:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,440to mark the narrowest point.7900:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,960I'll pull up a photo of the area we're looking at.8000:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,880That's this little circle.8100:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,360We got our logo in a circle and it looks quite nice.8200:02:43,360 --> 00:02:44,200Satisfying.8300:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,520Much better than a square.8400:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,760And a rectangle.8500:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,320So I have it marked on here, the Straits of Mackinac.8600:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,520Next to Sheboygan.8700:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,600Our two lakes come together to a point at the top8800:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,680and that's where we have the Straits of Mackinac.8900:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,920So you can imagine it's pretty narrow9000:02:58,920 --> 00:03:00,320compared to the rest of the lakes9100:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,600and there would be a lot of traffic9200:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,760going in between the spots.9300:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,840Yeah, those are very industrious cities.9400:03:06,840 --> 00:03:07,680Yeah.9500:03:07,680 --> 00:03:08,880Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit.9600:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,040Sheboygan.9700:03:10,040 --> 00:03:10,880Sheboygan.9800:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,720Yeah, that's something I won't improve on9900:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,920in the New Year pronunciations.10000:03:14,920 --> 00:03:16,560We're gonna see a lot of that in this episode.10100:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,040I think the only reason I noticed to say Sheboygan,10200:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,000or I think I do, is because of10300:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,880the Griswold family Christmas.10400:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,720They say that in there?10500:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,960Yeah, the guy, remember she has to fly home.10600:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,880She rides in a truck with the Polka Polka Polka.10700:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,320It's not John Candy, is it?10800:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,360What movie are you talking about?10900:03:37,360 --> 00:03:38,760Oh, no, no, no, Home Alone.11000:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,480Oh man, it's the Christmas season.11100:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,320It's too far from Christmas now.11200:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,160Yeah, and I was just thinking, that's not right.11300:03:45,160 --> 00:03:46,200Home Alone. Home Alone.11400:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,160Mom rides home with the guy, the comedian, the big guy.11500:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,360I forget his name.11600:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,560I don't think it's John Candy.11700:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,400Anyways.11800:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,240I can't help you out there.11900:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,200Sheboygan is one of his cities he brings up.12000:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,600Yeah, so Polka Polka Polka.12100:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,840Anyway, just before we started, I'm sitting here,12200:04:02,840 --> 00:04:03,680two minutes before we started,12300:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,000I found out that it's spelled Mack-a-Nack,12400:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,960and it's Mack-a-Naw.12500:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,000I absolutely would have recorded this entire episode.12600:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,240Mack-a-Nack. Mack-a-Nack.12700:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,360I would have said it.12800:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,320It said I was smart, looked it up.12900:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,160So I'm improving in the New Year.13000:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,440That's, kudos to me.13100:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,360Straight from Mack-a-Naw.13200:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,760Yeah, there's the connection between the two lakes.13300:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,920And actually, if you zoom in on Google Maps,13400:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,160that little part of both of the lakes13500:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,280says Lake Michigan-Huron.13600:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,320So it's like, they're a little connection.13700:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,520So Lieutenant James suggested the western half13800:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,920of the point, since it's much higher in elevation,13900:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,840and in theory, it could be seen from both sides.14000:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,240I don't think that ended up being true14100:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,760because you'll see what happens.14200:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,960Okay, so I pulled up a picture of the point.14300:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,040It's just like, it's like the end of a bone14400:04:46,040 --> 00:04:46,880is what it looks like.14500:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,480So on one side you have Old Mackinac Point,14600:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,840and on the other side you have McGulpin Point.14700:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,520And I'll cover McGulpin Point sometime.14800:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,480I thought you said the west side.14900:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,480Yeah, yeah, so here's where.15000:04:58,480 --> 00:04:59,320Initially chosen.15100:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,760Yeah, initially chose the western side.15200:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,720And since this area is so well-traveled,15300:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,720there's lots of lighthouses that have popped up.15400:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,880Even in this picture, you can see a couple of them.15500:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,280St. Helena Island, McGulpin Point.15600:05:11,280 --> 00:05:12,120Wauwatam.15700:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,520Wow, Wauwatam.15800:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,360There's probably a pronunciation for that.15900:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,080There's several, there's so many.16000:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,000And just so you know, you and I have scheduled16100:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,200to talk about our next lighthouse trip.16200:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,040That's right.16300:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,640And I'm gonna pitch this idea to you.16400:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,000Oh, so you're not giving it away.16500:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,720So I'm invested in this episode.16600:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,160You have to learn how to pronounce everything.16700:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,000Oh, damn.16800:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,080So lots of lighthouses.16900:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,680The western approach ended up being marked by Wagashants.17000:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,160Wa, Wagashants.17100:05:43,160 --> 00:05:44,640Is this a Native American tribe?17200:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,200Of course.17300:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,480I seem to struggle most with those.17400:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,440Wagash, Wagashants.17500:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,000If anyone is familiar with pronunciation,17600:05:53,000 --> 00:05:53,840please let us know.17700:05:53,840 --> 00:05:55,320Yeah, I'm not gonna be offended if you correct me.17800:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,880Actually, in fact, it'll be a blessing anyway.17900:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,680And that was completed in 1851 at the same time18000:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,680that the Sheboygan Lighthouse was completed,18100:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,280which marked the southeastern entrance to the street.18200:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,120So they still hadn't reached,18300:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,960putting one on the narrowest point.18400:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,200And it wasn't until 1865 that the Lighthouse Board18500:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,040started pushing for a lighthouse,18600:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,960and they suggested one at Fort.18700:06:23,760 --> 00:06:24,760Mishili Makanah.18800:06:29,720 --> 00:06:30,560Mishili Makanah.18900:06:30,560 --> 00:06:31,760Okay.19000:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,720This is when they built McGoopen Point Lighthouse.19100:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,760So old Makanah hasn't even come into play yet here.19200:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,680And they built McGoopen Point on McGoopen Point,19300:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,580two miles west of the fort,19400:06:43,580 --> 00:06:45,720which was completed in 1869.19500:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,780So the fort, with the picture pulled up,19600:06:47,780 --> 00:06:49,800it's right where it says Makanah City.19700:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,960That's where the fort was.19800:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,000Okay, that's two miles.19900:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,080Yeah, so exactly.20000:06:53,080 --> 00:06:53,920They're so close.20100:06:53,920 --> 00:06:54,760So two miles.20200:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,320I was thinking it was a lot closer than two miles.20300:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,480Yeah, oh.20400:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,840So that bridge is.20500:06:59,840 --> 00:07:00,680Oh no, I'm gonna talk about.20600:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,680Six-watt-some-miles.20700:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,120I'm gonna talk about it.20800:07:06,380 --> 00:07:07,920You're not even on coffee right now.20900:07:07,920 --> 00:07:08,760I know.21000:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,060McGoopen Point was built,21100:07:10,060 --> 00:07:12,760but the light was not visible from the east,21200:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,480or at least not very clearly visible from the east.21300:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,560And in 1888, the board wanted to move21400:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,000McGoopen Point Lighthouse to old Makanah Point.21500:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,820Okay.21600:07:24,820 --> 00:07:26,920Congress approved money to build a new lighthouse21700:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,120on the point instead,21800:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,960with the stipulation that McGoopen would be discontinued,21900:07:30,960 --> 00:07:31,800or you know.22000:07:32,800 --> 00:07:33,640Retired.22100:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,840Yeah, retired.22200:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,040And the board fought against that22300:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,440and won the right to keep both,22400:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,400because Makanah Point is only like eight feet22500:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,600above sea level.22600:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,720And McGoopen Point, which is only a couple of miles away,22700:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,360is 70 feet above sea level.22800:07:45,360 --> 00:07:46,200Okay.22900:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,000So it would be a disservice to build a new lighthouse23000:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,160so that it could be seen from the east23100:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,040and suddenly not be visible from the west.23200:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,480They're like, no, we need both lighthouses.23300:07:54,480 --> 00:07:55,440So hold on.23400:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,720Someone's idea was to move the lighthouse.23500:07:57,720 --> 00:07:58,540Yeah.23600:07:58,540 --> 00:08:00,640Congress said no, build a new one,23700:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,000but you can discontinue the McGoopen Point.23800:08:03,000 --> 00:08:03,840Yeah.23900:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,840And then someone else said we need both.24000:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,000No, lighthouse board said no, no, no, we're not saying.24100:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,400Oh, the lighthouse board said both.24200:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,880Yeah, they're not saying.24300:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,400I see Congress is being all stupid.24400:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,520Yeah, Congress just doesn't know what they're talking about.24500:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,880Okay, just dish out the money24600:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,720and leave the thinking to the lighthouse board.24700:08:18,720 --> 00:08:19,760Lighthouse board, yep.24800:08:20,720 --> 00:08:21,960So after all of that,24900:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,000old McGoopen Point lighthouse was built25000:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,600only a couple of miles away from McGoopen in 189225100:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,680by John P. Schmidt for just over $13,000.25200:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,400And that's how he ended up with two lighthouses25300:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,480basically right next to each other on this point.25400:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,320Nice.25500:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,140Yeah.25600:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,720I'll cover McGoopen.25700:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,720They're built in the same, they're the same vibe.25800:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,320I'll show you a picture.25900:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,120But old Mackinac Point light station26000:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,760consists of the lighthouse, a keeper's dwelling,26100:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,520or maybe two, oh no, yeah, one keeper's dwelling.26200:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,880That's like a duplex, but it's very fancy.26300:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,120I'll show you.26400:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,280A barn, an oil house, and a fog building.26500:08:56,240 --> 00:08:57,080Look at that.26600:08:57,080 --> 00:08:57,920That is cool.26700:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,560Isn't that beautiful?26800:08:59,560 --> 00:09:00,400That's awesome.26900:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,320I can't remember what they said.27000:09:02,320 --> 00:09:03,160It's sad.27100:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,160I really wish I could remember27200:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,000what they described this style of architecture as,27300:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,440but basically it's castle.27400:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,920Yeah, so people who aren't looking at the images,27500:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,600it's like, it's in black and white,27600:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,480but limestone, white brick, large cuts of rock.27700:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,480Yeah, very.27800:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,880And like a metal roof?27900:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,040Yeah, metal tin and it's bright red.28000:09:25,040 --> 00:09:25,880Oh, cool.28100:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,960Yeah, so the whole thing was built28200:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,400to look like a castle really.28300:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,080That's the top flat parts of some of the,28400:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,640like around the house are very square28500:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,280with the slits cut in them for like water flowing through.28600:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,520For archers, yep.28700:09:38,520 --> 00:09:43,520Oh, yeah, very tall, very skinny windows,28800:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,840which I feel like would be very crampy.28900:09:45,840 --> 00:09:46,680But it works.29000:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,920Yeah, so the tower is 13 feet and four inches wide29100:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,480and it's cylindrical, but doesn't taper29200:09:51,480 --> 00:09:52,680like normal lighthouses.29300:09:52,680 --> 00:09:56,840So it makes up the northwest corner of the dwellings.29400:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,440And so it's connected to the dwellings by a,29500:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,640what is it called?29600:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,040A service, like a service room.29700:10:03,040 --> 00:10:03,880Yeah.29800:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,720Yeah, so then you can access the tower29900:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,200without having to go outside.30000:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,680It's 50 feet tall to the focal plane.30100:10:09,680 --> 00:10:13,360I wanna say it's like 60, I can't remember.30200:10:13,360 --> 00:10:18,360So it's, I think 57 feet to the tip of the lightning rod.30300:10:18,520 --> 00:10:19,360Okay, nice.30400:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,040And it's made of buff colored brick30500:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,600on a base of limestone ashlar.30600:10:23,600 --> 00:10:24,960What is buff colored?30700:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,480Buff is, it's just like a tan.30800:10:29,480 --> 00:10:30,320Okay.30900:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,360The light has a circular gallery31000:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,040and an octagonal lantern room31100:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,520with a fourth order revolving lens31200:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,360that produced a red flash every 10 seconds.31300:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,320And they changed that to white in 1913.31400:10:40,320 --> 00:10:41,720The lens had 10 flash panels31500:10:41,720 --> 00:10:42,840and was rotated with a weight31600:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,520that had to be re-round every three hours.31700:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,920So the clockwork was run by a counterweight.31800:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,680So this, okay, this tower,31900:10:50,680 --> 00:10:51,520I'm thinking about the height of it,32000:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,640is a lot taller than I thought it was gonna be.32100:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,680Cause you said the elevation's only eight feet.32200:10:55,680 --> 00:10:56,520Yeah.32300:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,520Off like the earth elevation, above sea level32400:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,240or above water level.32500:11:01,240 --> 00:11:02,280Above, yeah, water.32600:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,120Okay, above the lake.32700:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,040But yeah.32800:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,720And then this is a focal plane of 50 feet.32900:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,520Do you know MacGuffin Point?33000:11:08,520 --> 00:11:09,840Is it a lot taller?33100:11:09,840 --> 00:11:10,680What's?33200:11:10,680 --> 00:11:12,000Isn't it MacGuffin?33300:11:12,000 --> 00:11:12,840MacGulpin.33400:11:12,840 --> 00:11:13,680MacGulpin.33500:11:13,680 --> 00:11:14,840Unless I'm pronouncing it wrong.33600:11:14,840 --> 00:11:15,680Are you scared?33700:11:15,680 --> 00:11:16,920You scared me.33800:11:16,920 --> 00:11:17,760You didn't say anything.33900:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,760No, I'm just sitting here like,34000:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,200you know. MacGulpin.34100:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,040Thinking.34200:11:22,040 --> 00:11:22,920I bet it's pronounced a different way.34300:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,040It's the one I didn't look up.34400:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,720So MacGulpin for the moment.34500:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,360Do you know the height of that one?34600:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,720It was a high.34700:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,040Obviously they have different flash patterns, right?34800:11:33,040 --> 00:11:33,960So.34900:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,120Yeah, let me look it up.35000:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,200So it's 38 feet tall.35100:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,040So almost exactly the same.35200:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,720Total above sea level is something like 10035300:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,160and something feet.35400:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,280Oh wow, because it's.35500:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,600Yeah, 102 feet to the focal plane.35600:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,440Okay, cool.35700:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,280Thank you.35800:11:49,280 --> 00:11:50,120Yeah.35900:11:50,120 --> 00:11:50,960You're welcome.36000:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,720These gentlemen in this photo look so proud.36100:11:52,720 --> 00:11:53,560They always do.36200:11:53,560 --> 00:11:54,960Everyone stand around.36300:11:54,960 --> 00:11:55,800And honestly.36400:11:55,800 --> 00:11:56,800The talk of a man's taking a picture.36500:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,280This picture was taken in 1892.36600:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,640So that's a very old photo,36700:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,760which means they probably had to stand there for a while.36800:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,840Did a pretty good job.36900:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,760Yeah, it's really excellent photo.37000:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,840I mean, it looks like it could be a current day photo37100:12:09,840 --> 00:12:10,760in black and white.37200:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,520Also, if you look at like modern day brick layers.37300:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,360Yeah.37400:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,080Like some guy comes up and he starts his own business37500:12:17,080 --> 00:12:18,200at the age of 18.37600:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,240And then they're like,37700:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,120oh look, we put brick in front of this guy's garage.37800:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,200Wow, that's like their website.37900:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,520And then you show like, look at these guys.38000:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,840Look, they built a castle.38100:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,400A castle that serves a very important purpose.38200:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,840Like that's it's crazy because it's not just artistry.38300:12:35,840 --> 00:12:36,680And it's so cool.38400:12:36,680 --> 00:12:38,400$13,000 was the lowest bidder38500:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,960for building this lighthouse.38600:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,120Just crazy how much effort they put38700:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,920into visually appealing lighthouse.38800:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,840Yeah, look at the round windows at the top.38900:12:47,840 --> 00:12:48,680Big fan.39000:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,360It's all this lighthouse.39100:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,840Everyone really seriously, please go look it up.39200:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,200It's life changing.39300:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,640So I'm sorry, I keep interrupting you.39400:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,040Okay, we're talking about the red roof.39500:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,640So the dwelling is arranged as two story houses39600:13:06,640 --> 00:13:07,960under one roof.39700:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,000And they're connected in the middle by a small lobby.39800:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,560I'm like, how fancy is this?39900:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,320And that's also connected to the service room.40000:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,560So you can access the tower without having to40100:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,560go into anybody else's space or go outside.40200:13:21,560 --> 00:13:22,400That makes sense.40300:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,000Yeah, so lobby to service room to tower.40400:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,840And then they separate.40500:13:26,840 --> 00:13:27,720Very nice.40600:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,360After completing the lighthouse,40700:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,720the board noted that the fog signal building40800:13:31,720 --> 00:13:32,920was too close to the dwellings40900:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,640and needed to move away 50 feet.41000:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,00050 feet's pretty far.41100:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,680Did they note it because the building was shaking41200:13:40,680 --> 00:13:42,480and there was fog?41300:13:42,480 --> 00:13:43,520They must have complained.41400:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,280Is it a bell or a horn?41500:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,360At this time, I would think.41600:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,360Probably a foghorn.41700:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,240I didn't make any note,41800:13:50,240 --> 00:13:51,960but it may have been steam whistle.41900:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,560Too close, needed to move it away.42000:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,800This is almost the 1900s, so probably a steam whistle.42100:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,280But it's just 50 feet away is notable.42200:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,040That's 50 feet.42300:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,080Yeah, it's like I ride down nine times.42400:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,080Like when these plans were all laid out.42500:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,200And the other thing is that the fog building42600:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,360was only seven and a half feet from the edge of the property.42700:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,040So were you just trying to squeeze it in42800:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,560and didn't care about the 50 feet?42900:14:21,560 --> 00:14:22,400I don't know, it's a failure.43000:14:22,400 --> 00:14:23,920Get it built.43100:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,440So they needed to buy land in order to move the foghorn43200:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,960to an acceptable distance.43300:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,560And that land belonged to the city of Mackinac.43400:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,360Mackinac planned on using that space for a public park.43500:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,320And so they said, no, you can't have it.43600:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,240We don't want your foghorn there.43700:14:38,240 --> 00:14:39,360So you know that's gonna work out43800:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,840for the city of Mackinac to be like, no thanks.43900:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,480We were actually planning on a park there.44000:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,040So get out of here with your usefulness.44100:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,760You want a park that looks at your nice lighthouse.44200:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,800I'm like, no, thank you.44300:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,000So condemnation proceedings started in 188944400:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,880and the judge ruled $400 was adequate for the land.44500:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,160City of Mackinac objected a year later,44600:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,000being like, no, $400 is not enough.44700:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,240And the court took four years after that44800:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,840to decide that $400 was in fact a fair amount44900:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,440to pay for this land.45000:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,000So they were stuck with this foghorn building.45100:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,360They didn't have any inflation back then.45200:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,04050 feet too close.45300:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,720Four years going by and the land being worth45400:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,000the same amount of money.45500:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,640With how much stone this castle,45600:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,320that's what I was thinking too.45700:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,360I'm like, after all of this time,45800:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,760it definitely appreciated in value.45900:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,000The lawyer bills accumulated to 12 cents.46000:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,200I could hardly pay for it.46100:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,080Poor city of Mackinac.46200:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,760They just wanted to fight for themselves.46300:15:35,760 --> 00:15:36,600No way.46400:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,160So anyway, in 1906, a new fog signal building46500:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,040was built with the old one moved behind the station46600:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,080and used for storage.46700:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,560So they didn't raise it or anything.46800:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,080They just moved in and repurposed it.46900:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,240But yeah, from when they decided it was too close,47000:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,640it took like a total of six years.47100:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,560That's crazy.47200:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,480I can't imagine waiting six years47300:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,480for you to move the giant steam whistle47400:16:00,480 --> 00:16:01,32050 feet away from me.47500:16:01,320 --> 00:16:02,160I know.47600:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,000It was the same guy.47700:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,920He was probably like, I would love to get out of here.47800:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,800It's probably a manual back then too.47900:16:06,800 --> 00:16:07,640Yeah.48000:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,640They got to pull a string and it's like,48100:16:09,640 --> 00:16:10,640you know, whatever the sound would be.48200:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,080Pull a string.48300:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,000Like it's a toy.48400:16:13,000 --> 00:16:13,840Yes.48500:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,680I...48600:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,440That is not what I meant.48700:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,760But I like that pull a string48800:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,320and then it would just set off an explosion of steam48900:16:23,320 --> 00:16:24,920into that whistle.49000:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,880And then they would lose some hearing.49100:16:27,880 --> 00:16:28,720Six years.49200:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,560Okay.49300:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,400Okay.49400:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,240And then...49500:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,360Well, so the first part of this lighthouse,49600:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,080there was a headkeeper position and an assistant position.49700:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,640It's from 1890 to 1909.49800:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,040And then at that time,49900:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,120a second assistant position was opened.50000:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,120So there's only four headkeepers total50100:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,320over the span of this lighthouse50200:16:44,320 --> 00:16:45,680is 67 years in service.50300:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,160With 67 years is pretty short compared to50400:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,880some of the other lighthouses that we've covered.50500:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,080Yeah.50600:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,400The first headkeeper was George W. Marshall50700:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,800who spent eight years at50800:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,400Wag...50900:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,000Wagachance.51000:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,680Wagachance Lighthouse before that.51100:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,000And then he was relocated to here to be the first keeper.51200:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,280He was one of five sons of William Marshall51300:17:12,280 --> 00:17:17,280who is the ordnance sergeant at Fort Mackinac.51400:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,000Michilly, Michilly Mackinac.51500:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,400And all five of those sons became lighthouse keepers.51600:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,880So I don't know what happened.51700:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,720From explosives to lighthouses.51800:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,360That a sergeant at a fort would have sons51900:17:31,360 --> 00:17:33,920that all went into lighthouse keeping.52000:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,840Maybe they only had a couple of children's books.52100:17:35,840 --> 00:17:36,840One of them was...52200:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,520In 1900, Charles Marshall,52300:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,000which was one of George's brothers,52400:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,720was stranded on a, is it Boatswains chair?52500:17:47,720 --> 00:17:48,560I don't know.52600:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,440He's stranded on a chair.52700:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,360Yeah, he was paint, he was the keeper52800:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,600at St. Helena Island Lighthouse.52900:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,200The one that was in the corner of the image53000:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,600that I showed you of the maps.53100:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,200And he was painting the side of the lighthouse53200:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,920and got stranded in his chair.53300:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,160Oh no, his chair got stuck.53400:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,040Yeah. And he died.53500:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,480No. He fell and died.53600:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,320But it devastated his mental health.53700:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,160Oh.53800:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,040So it kickstarted him.53900:18:14,240 --> 00:18:15,800Like he ended up in an asylum.54000:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,640Oh no.54100:18:16,640 --> 00:18:17,840Yeah, it's very sad.54200:18:17,840 --> 00:18:22,120So I couldn't find the story of what really happened,54300:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,960what happened up there or how long he was stuck up there54400:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,640or the story.54500:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,320But basically he got stuck54600:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,360and couldn't be head keeper anymore.54700:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,880He needed assistance.54800:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,720And so he moved over to Old Mackinac54900:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,320to serve as George's first assistant keeper.55000:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,600And the first assistant keeper at Old Mackinac55100:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,800moved over to St. Helena Island Lighthouse55200:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,760to be the head keeper.55300:18:44,760 --> 00:18:45,600Okay, nice.55400:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,760So it's just a little swap.55500:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,160So his health deteriorated for two years55600:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,520until he had to be hospitalized55700:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,160at Northern Michigan Asylum.55800:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,400And as far as I know, he passed away there55900:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,040because I couldn't find,56000:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,520he didn't enter back into the lighthouse world or anything.56100:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,040So he didn't check out.56200:19:03,280 --> 00:19:04,120Exactly.56300:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,920Yeah, so George and his wife, Margaret,56400:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,760adopted some of Charles' children56500:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,080when he was institutionalized.56600:19:11,080 --> 00:19:11,960Okay.56700:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,760And one of them, Chester, became a lighthouse keeper56800:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,360and served at, no, I forgot to look this one up,56900:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,120Manitowoc for 30 years.57000:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,320So can you believe that?57100:19:23,320 --> 00:19:24,160Manitowoc.57200:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,000Manitowoc, of course.57300:19:25,000 --> 00:19:25,840That's what I'm saying.57400:19:25,840 --> 00:19:26,880That's what I'm just saying. For 30 years.57500:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,440So third, no, just second generation.57600:19:29,440 --> 00:19:30,280Yeah.57700:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,840And he had another job, sorry.57800:19:32,840 --> 00:19:33,680No, it's good.57900:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,520I was launching it.58000:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,120You had another job, Charles?58100:19:36,120 --> 00:19:39,880No, Charles had another adopted son named James58200:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,760and he also became a keeper58300:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,760and served at White Shoal Lighthouse58400:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,920until George retired in 1919.58500:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,840And then he took over as head keeper at Old Mackinac.58600:19:48,840 --> 00:19:49,680Family business.58700:19:49,680 --> 00:19:50,560I know.58800:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,040A stroke forced his retirement in 1940.58900:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,160So he served at the lighthouse for a total of 21 years59000:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,320after his dad retired from this lighthouse.59100:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,240So I'm pretty sure in total,59200:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,520the marshals served for like 40 something years59300:20:05,520 --> 00:20:06,560at this lighthouse.59400:20:06,560 --> 00:20:07,400That's crazy.59500:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,440Yeah.59600:20:08,440 --> 00:20:09,520So for the next decade,59700:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,040Henrik Olsen served as head keeper59800:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,680followed by John P. Campbell until 1957.59900:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,680And at that point, the Mackinac Bridge was completed,60000:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,000which is that really long bridge that you wanted60100:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000to estimate the distance of.60200:20:24,000 --> 00:20:24,840I was like, no.60300:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,600I didn't do like a lot of coverage on it.60400:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,880But because the bridge was built,60500:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,440it's five miles long.60600:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,280Because.60700:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,120It's close.60800:20:35,120 --> 00:20:36,080I know.60900:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,400Because it had so many lights on it,61000:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,840like it's very well lit,61100:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,720they decided to put the lighthouse out of service.61200:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,560Wait, because you didn't need it61300:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,400because you could see the bridge?61400:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,680Because you could see the bridge.61500:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,600Oh my gosh.61600:20:49,600 --> 00:20:50,800And it was like. I did not see that coming.61700:20:50,800 --> 00:20:51,640Yeah.61800:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,640So that's why this lighthouse service was so short61900:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,360is because they deemed it unnecessary62000:20:56,360 --> 00:20:57,680after the building of the bridge.62100:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,080Just the one?62200:20:59,080 --> 00:20:59,920No, yeah.62300:20:59,920 --> 00:21:00,760Just Old Mackinac.62400:21:00,760 --> 00:21:01,840Just Old Mackinac?62500:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,640I know because it's literally the beginning of the bridge62600:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,640and the lighthouse are within like a five minute walk62700:21:09,640 --> 00:21:10,480of each other.62800:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,320So.62900:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,160Well.63000:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,880It's kinda, I mean, I guess.63100:21:13,880 --> 00:21:14,720I guess.63200:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,200Just kinda sad.63300:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,080I would prefer to have a lighthouse.63400:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,120So when was that?63500:21:20,120 --> 00:21:21,640That was in 1957.63600:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,000Okay.63700:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,160That's not bad for lighthouses.63800:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,240It's early to discontinue,63900:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,840but by then the Coast Guard had taken over control64000:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,800of beacons and so I'm sure they were like excellent.64100:21:33,800 --> 00:21:34,640Yeah.64200:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,080So what happened after 57?64300:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,640So in 1960, Mackinac Island State Park Commission64400:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,760purchased the lighthouse and restored it for $70,00064500:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,720and opened it again in 1972 as the center64600:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,360of Michilly Mackinac,64700:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,680Michilly Mackinac Maritime Park.64800:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,520Cool.64900:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,880You can just have a kick out of me trying65000:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,360to pronounce everything.65100:21:58,360 --> 00:22:01,480Unfortunately, they had to close in 199065200:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,560just because they didn't have budget65300:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,080and I think it just wasn't kicking off65400:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,800as much as they were hoping.65500:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,28018 years, yeah.65600:22:09,280 --> 00:22:13,760But in 1996, fundraising was launched by Jim Belial,65700:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,120I wanna say his name is,65800:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,240whose great grandfather was John P. Smith,65900:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,960which is the one that built the lighthouse.66000:22:19,960 --> 00:22:20,800Okay.66100:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,640I feel like I've heard Belial before.66200:22:22,640 --> 00:22:23,920It's just a common last name, I don't know.66300:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,760I didn't look it up.66400:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,120I feel like Belial's not very common.66500:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,800But his great grandfather was Smith.66600:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,640Yeah.66700:22:28,640 --> 00:22:29,480Okay.66800:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,600After $2.2 million of restoration,66900:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,240they opened again in 200467000:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,480and it has an amazing view of the Straits of Mackinac67100:22:38,480 --> 00:22:43,480and they play like shipwreck movies in the barn.67200:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,240So when you visit, you can go in and take a seat.67300:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,680They have the original fourth order lens for you to look at.67400:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,600You can climb the tower.67500:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,760It's all very fun.67600:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,000That's insane.67700:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,720So did they take this on 1990 until 2004?67800:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,480It was late 1990s to 2004.67900:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,440I think in 2000, it was open.68000:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,920It was maybe open or the Fogsville building was open.68100:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,200I didn't make a note of which one it was.68200:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,040That's wild.68300:23:09,040 --> 00:23:09,860$2.2 million.68400:23:09,860 --> 00:23:12,960They partially opened in 2000 and then 200468500:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,280was when you could actually go68600:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,080and like start climbing the lighthouse and stuff.68700:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,400I'm not sure if they've used the 2.2 million68800:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,800or if that's what the budget is needed68900:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,920to completely restore it.69000:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,840Where did this guy get $2.2 million?69100:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,000It was all fundraising.69200:23:27,000 --> 00:23:27,840Interesting.69300:23:27,840 --> 00:23:28,660Or maybe he's rich.69400:23:28,660 --> 00:23:29,760That's a lot of money.69500:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,760I mean, you said $70,000 was spent in 72.69600:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,920In the first one, yeah.69700:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,200And then in 1990 was when they closed those doors.69800:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,040So I was like, yeah, 70 grand.69900:23:39,040 --> 00:23:39,880Yeah.70000:23:39,880 --> 00:23:40,720Easy.70100:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,5602.2 million.70200:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,680I guess, I mean, I don't know this area at all70300:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,760but I'm guessing that that is some prime real estate as well70400:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,560being right on the water, right on the bridge.70500:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,400Historic value.70600:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,360It's got a steam whistle.70700:23:54,360 --> 00:23:55,460Oh, it's beautiful.70800:23:55,460 --> 00:23:56,300It's so pretty.70900:23:56,300 --> 00:23:59,040And so there's the Mackinac Bridge in the background.71000:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,480So I mean, it's like a five,71100:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,520it takes five minutes to get there.71200:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,420That is a big bridge.71300:24:04,420 --> 00:24:06,200Isn't that crazy?71400:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,460You look up pictures, it's just like,71500:24:07,460 --> 00:24:09,440it's like following the curvature of the earth.71600:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,280Beautiful grounds.71700:24:10,280 --> 00:24:11,520All right, that's dramatic, but still.71800:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,500Beautiful grounds.71900:24:12,500 --> 00:24:13,720Yeah, they do a really great job.72000:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,720White picket fence.72100:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,440The red roof is really, really nice.72200:24:16,440 --> 00:24:17,280We love red.72300:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,740Are we still building stuff today72400:24:19,740 --> 00:24:22,400that's gonna be around and kept special like this?72500:24:22,400 --> 00:24:23,600Of course not.72600:24:23,600 --> 00:24:24,720It's unbelievable.72700:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,760I mean, we've needed to restore like all the lighthouses,72800:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,760but I'd need a lot more help if we were building these today.72900:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,480It's 2024.73000:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,960People are listening to this.73100:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,160So in the year 2200, someone's gonna be spending73200:24:40,160 --> 00:24:44,00018 gazillion dollars to restore something we built today.73300:24:44,000 --> 00:24:44,840I don't know.73400:24:44,840 --> 00:24:45,660Oh, doom and gloom.73500:24:45,660 --> 00:24:46,800It's special.73600:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,920Oh, I don't mean to say that now it's trash.73700:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,760I just mean like, this is really cool.73800:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,960Well, I'm just hoping that in the future,73900:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,920these things will still be upkept.74000:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,200Be so sad to see them go.74100:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,040Yep.74200:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,940No, it's not so sad.74300:25:00,940 --> 00:25:02,880So today you can still go see it.74400:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,480You can climb the lighthouse.74500:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,240You can see a movie in the barn.74600:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,460And another thing is that there's a,74700:25:09,360 --> 00:25:12,840it's just a little motel, but it has excellent reviews74800:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,160that is a five minute walk from the lighthouse.74900:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,520So you're basically right next to it.75000:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,460I think McGulpin Point, you can also stay75100:25:20,460 --> 00:25:22,800in a Keeper's Cottage near that.75200:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,520But this is not about McGulpin.75300:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,120So anyway, this area is like, you could stay here.75400:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,400And I think it'd be really cool for looking at lighthouses.75500:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,520Yeah, very pretty.75600:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,480Do you know, I'm still looking at this photo,75700:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,040what those round windows are for?75800:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,320Are those just windows that go like porthole windows?75900:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,240I bet they're, it's a watch room76000:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,340where you watch for storms.76100:25:44,340 --> 00:25:46,940Man, that looks strong.76200:25:46,940 --> 00:25:48,820That's what I'm thinking is because76300:25:48,820 --> 00:25:51,080you're barely above sea level and you're right76400:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,520on the edge of the lake here,76500:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,880it's probably gets some waves.76600:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,160Yeah.76700:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,200I don't know.76800:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,080I would have built the residence a lot taller.76900:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,080Yeah.77000:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,320Or no windows on the first floor or something.77100:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,040I do, I wonder if it floods often.77200:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,480Like, well, the lakes don't,77300:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,200the lakes don't rise a lot, do they?77400:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,040I don't know.77500:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,280It's not like flooding.77600:26:15,280 --> 00:26:16,680I guess I don't know.77700:26:16,680 --> 00:26:17,760It is a lot of water.77800:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,800We're pretty far removed from any water.77900:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,680We don't know what we're talking about.78000:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,000We're not nautical people, you know.78100:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,640Only in the heart.78200:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,640Yeah, good job.78300:26:26,640 --> 00:26:27,600Happy New Year.78400:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,840Happy New Year to everybody.78500:26:28,840 --> 00:26:29,920Thanks for listening in78600:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,000and hope that you stick around with us this year78700:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,960because we're gonna keep doing this78800:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,360regardless of what's going on.78900:26:36,360 --> 00:26:40,680Did our winner of our giveaway respond?79000:26:40,680 --> 00:26:41,520Yes.79100:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,560Yeah, she's going to get her cup.79200:26:44,560 --> 00:26:45,720Very good.79300:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,800I'm just glad, for those of you who don't know,79400:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,960we just did a giveaway.79500:26:48,960 --> 00:26:49,800Yeah.79600:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,600Lasted only like two weeks.79700:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,760That's all we gave people in December79800:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,360to enter to get a Stanley Cup.79900:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,000Not the hockey award, of course,80000:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,600but not the hockey trophy,80100:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,160but a cup from the brand Stanley80200:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,920with the new Lighthouse logo.80300:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,300Lighthouse, Lowdown, logo.80400:27:12,120 --> 00:27:12,960What is that?80500:27:12,960 --> 00:27:13,800Laser etching?80600:27:13,800 --> 00:27:14,640Yeah.80700:27:14,640 --> 00:27:15,460Pretty neat.80800:27:15,460 --> 00:27:18,000We'll do more giveaways and swag in the future.80900:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,760Glad to know that recipient will get their Stanley Cup.81000:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,320Yeah, and thanks for everyone who entered81100:27:23,320 --> 00:27:24,800and was interested and listened81200:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,560to our Cape Disappointment episode.81300:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,760That was really cool.81400:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,240It was a good episode.81500:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,880YouTube had a good turnout.81600:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,160Yeah, YouTube went crazy on that one.81700:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,200So anyway, we hope that you will continue81800:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,040to join us this year and,81900:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,800oh no, it's coming, and,82000:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,800uh, I wasn't ready.82100:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,640I guess I suppose I don't need to go into the whole thing,82200:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,520but check out our website, thelighthouselowdown.com.82300:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,160You can send us an email or a voicemail or something82400:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,120and tell us any Lighthouse that you want us to cover.82500:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,440We want, I mean, our goal is to cover them all.82600:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,220So all you have to do is send us a name82700:28:08,220 --> 00:28:10,120and we'll follow up on it, do all the research82800:28:10,120 --> 00:28:11,680and you can hear us talk about it.82900:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,000You can also follow us on Instagram.83000:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,560We're on YouTube.83100:28:14,560 --> 00:28:15,560If you check out our website,83200:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,040you'll be 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LinkedIn, yes.83400:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,760LinkedIn as well. In case you want to be professional.83500:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,920All right, so I guess that's it.83600:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,400We hope you enjoy listening83700:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,600and we'll catch you next time on The Lighthouse.83800:28:28,600 --> 00:28:29,440Go down.83900:28:29,440 --> 00:28:43,240maarikosm