On This Date in Minnesota History: July 31

July 31, 1910 – Split Rock Lighthouse was built on the North Shore of Lake Superior in response to “the Mataafa Storm of 1905, which occurred on the Great Lakes on November 28, 1905. The storm, named after the Mataafa wreck, ended up destroying or damaging about 29 vessels, killing 36 seamen and causing property losses of approximately $1.75 million on Lake Superior.”¹ The lighthouse was completed in 1910, and “the light was first lit on” this date.²

¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataafa_Storm
²http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Rock_Lighthouse

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