On our drive up to Two Harbors we took a break and checked out Tom's Logging Camp.
I could not pass this sign, hopefully you can read it.
This vessel was at the entrance to the Light Station. Its design caught my eye.
The Light Station was authorized by Congress in 1886, they saw a need for it because in 1885 roughly 225,000 tons of ore were moving through Agate Bay prompting the Vessel Owners Association and the US Lighthouse Service to recognize the need for a navigational aid.
The inside of the Frontenac Pilot House, an exhibit of the museum.
This plaque gives one a layout of the museum.
Could not pass up a chance to be artsy crafts, took this photo through one of the lookout holes in the Light Station. The actual light house was further out in the Lake. This location was the light house keepers quarters.
His office, as you will see from here on down did not have alot of comfort by today's standards. He had to go out to the light house twice a day, which he did by row boat, regardless of the weather.
Had to stay warm some how, right?
Even back then people wanted to wear clean clothes.
Ah yes the old wood cooking/heating stove.
His family must have stayed here with him, why else would there be a highchair, anyone remember using a high chair?
I guess the ladies had to hand crank the wringer, a thing of the past, mom's washer had a wringer on the top as well as Jo's Mom.
Now we know who made them.
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