One of two lighthouses with that name on Michigan's Upper Peninsula--the other is in Baraga--the Escanaba's Sand Point Lighthouse became operational in 1868, a few months after the death of its appointed keeper, John Terry. His wife, Mary, took the reins, becoming one of the nation's first female lighthouse keepers. Terry suffered a tragic death, dying in a fire in 1886--speculation is that a burglar set the lighthouse ablaze to cover up the evidence of his crime.
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