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b"The port of San Luis, California, developed into a major shipping point in the 1870s. A lighthouse at Point San Luis began operation on June 30, 1890. The beautiful Victorian building consists of a square wooden tower attached to a keeper\\u2019s dwelling. The Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers, a dedicated group of preservationists established in 1995, spearheaded a 15-year restoration effort that led to the lighthouse being opened to the public. Docent-led tours are available year-round.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nPoint San Luis (San Luis Obispo) Light Station in 1894. (U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nKathy Mastako is a docent and historian for the Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers. She has written numerous articles for the organization\\u2019s newsletter, for the Avila Beach Life newspaper, Lighthouse Digest magazine, and for the U.S. Lighthouse Society\\u2019s quarterly journal, The Keeper\\u2019s Log. Kathy\\u2019s new book The Lighthouse at Point San Luis, has just been published by the U.S. Lighthouse Society. The book tells the stories of the keepers and families at the Point San Luis Light Station, civilian and Coast Guard, from 1890 to its 1975 automation.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nBuy the book on Amazon"