sentences:  Following the loss of the Schooner Pride in 1866, public outcries for a light at this locale were finally heard and heeded.Congress approved funding in 1871, but construction was delayed until 1874 due to lack of roads to the site.The station was originally named "Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse", which is the name used on most official records; officially, however, the name was changed in 1910.