Arch Rock

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Stock #:19240
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Mackinac Island
State: Michigan (MI)
County: Mackinac
Publisher: Frank Shama
Condition: VG
Size: 3.5" x 5.25" (9 x 14 cm)

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The most famous of the many natural scenes found here. Arch Rock, located on the east side of the Island, is the most famous of natural curiosities. It is a limestone arch whose summit towers 149 feet above the lake. The height from base of buttress to top of rock is 49 feet. It is said that Captain Marryat came here after the war of 1812 to try his sea legs and dance a hornpipe on the crest of Arch Rock.

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