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Image: Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar, Galveston, Texas

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Description: Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933. The current lighthouse is at least the second structure at the site. The first lighthouse was built in the mid-1850s and was taken down during the Civil War so that Union warships could not use it as a navigational aid. After withstanding over 150 years of erosion, the lighthouse is now entirely black. This has caused some to call it "The Haunted Lighthouse" of Bolivar.
Title: Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar, Galveston, Texas
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Author: Jim Evans
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