Elizabeth Whitney Williams
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Elizabeth Whitney Williams was an American lighthouse keeper and writer. She served as a lighthouse keeper for 41 years, including a 29-year stint at the Little Traverse Light.
Elizabeth Whitney Williams
Mackinac Island
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Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemo
Elizabeth Whitney Williams
…and writer. She served as a lighthouse keeper for 41 years, including a 29-year stint at the Little Traverse Light. Williams (née Whitney) was born on Mackinac Island, Michigan, on June 24, 1844, as the only child of Elizabeth Cross Dousman Gebeau (1796–1896) and Walter Whitney (1809–1870). The Matriarch Elizabeth…
Aerial view of Mackinac Island
Cyclists on M-185 (Main Street) at mile marker 0 in downtown Mackinac Island
Dwightwood Spring, on Mackinac Island's eastern shore
The statue of Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest and Great Lakes explorer, in front of Fort Mackinac