Manhattan of Lake Erie

Several years ago I was looking through some old drawings at the National Archives when I came upon a drawing of a strange lighthouse that was labeled "Cedar Point Ohio Front Range - 1864." Later still, I found photographs of this unusual design in the Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. The story in the paper told of this building's use at Manhattan. I have been to Manhattan, New York, many times, but Manhattan, Ohio - that was a new one for me. The story you are about to read covers the old drawing and the many lights in and around the mouth of the Maumee River and Bay near Toledo and, of course, Manhattan on Lake Erie.