10343. Roberts, Mike. The Last Keeper at Split Rock. St. Cloud. 2010.
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10343. Roberts, Mike. The Last Keeper at Split Rock. St. Cloud. 2010.
10343. Roberts, Mike. The Last Keeper at Split Rock. St. Cloud. 2010. 180p. Soft wraps. Mike Roberts was the last U.S. Coast Guard officer on duty at Split Rock Lighthouse, the Minnesota tourist destination near Two Harbors that draws more than 100,000 visitors a year. The St. Cloud-area resident has the distinction of being the person who extinguished the landmark’s light for the last official time when it was decommissioned in 1969 by the Coast Guard. Evolving technology had made the landmark obsolete. More than 40 years later, Roberts returned to the lighthouse to celebrate its 100th year. This book chronicles his four-year enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1966-1970, most of which was spent on Lake Superior as a search-and-rescue crew member and as a lighthouse keeper. He notes that “There are tons of books written about lighthouse keepers, but very few actually written by lighthouse keepers.” Roberts began telling his life stories to his children and grandchildren as they grew up and now he has published them for us to enjoy. These are his stories of life at Split Rock, of the great Superior, and of making ends meet on the North Shore. (M). $14.95.