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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDK_sleeping-bear-point-life-saving-station-historical_Glen-Arbor-MI.html
More then fifty ships have wrecked along this stretch of Lake Michigan. These buildings housed the men of the United States Life Saving Service who guarded this hazardous shore. Equipped with line throwing cannons and rowing life boats, they stood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URK_sand-and-ice-historical_Glen-Arbor-MI.html
Without departed glaciers the dunes would not be here. Melting continental ice left this ridge of sand and gravel. Steady winds off Lake Michigan have plucked at the sand grains, propelling them inland, depositing a veneer of dunes on top of the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URJ_pierce-stocking-historical_Glen-Arbor-MI.html
Pierce Stocking, a native of northern Lower Michigan, worked as a lumberman and spent much of his leisure time in the woods. He wanted to share his love of nature with others and conceived the idea of constructing a scenic drive onto the Sleeping …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URD_the-moving-dune-historical_Glen-Arbor-MI.html
In 1985, this wooden beam was placed here at the edge of the sand dune to measure dune movement. The numbers on the beam show how many feet the dune has advanced. Try to figure out the average rate pf movement per year.
The dune here rises to a h…