Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Day Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One and Twenty-Two: June 20th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th

During the beginning of the week, Allison and I alternated turns giving solo lighthouse tours. One of the tours I gave was to a several people from the Netherlands. They were in town because they were performing at a Scandinavian Festival on Presque Isle. Another tour I gave was one of the most enjoyable tours. Every fact that I told them they found fascinating, both families were very excited about going inside the lighthouse and going past it on the catwalk. We also have three visitors from Iceland that were on vacation in the United States. 

I also continued working on the outline of the museum with Allison, we finished the Coast Guard section of the museum. Once the museum began to fill with visitors, I went up to my desk on the second floor and continued my research on ore boats. I found the Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping News Archive online. I found information about the DOUGLAS HOUGHTON iron ore boat. As a break from researching on the internet, I looked through the museum's library. I found over fifteen books that contain information about the Great Lakes ore boats. 

 [The Douglas Houghton Ore Boat]
I also created an event on Facebook for the Tall Ships Weekend. [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219067751447589] 
There was also an article in The Mining Journal about the event. 

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