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Piedras Blancas Light Station plans living history tour

Visitors enter the Piedras Blancas Light Station on an earlier tour.
Visitors enter the Piedras Blancas Light Station on an earlier tour.

The Piedras Blancas Light Station will celebrate its 141st birthday Feb. 13 with a living history tour, “Peek at the Past.”

Guides in period attire and enactors will portray life at the light station in the 1890s during this special event.

Tour participants should meet at 9:45 a.m. the former Piedras Blancas Motel, 1.5 miles north of the lighthouse gate on Highway 1. Tours last about two hours and include access to historical structures, wildlife viewing and scenery along a half-mile interpretive trail.

Admission is the regular tour fee of $10 for adults and $5 for ages 6-17 (cash or check preferred).

Details: PiedrasBlancasTours@gmail.com or 927-7361.

This story was originally published January 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM with the headline "Piedras Blancas Light Station plans living history tour."

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