There is an article on Michigan City's Love Affair With It's Lighthouse. The article is written by a free-lance writer who lives in Michigan City by the name of Rick A. Richards. It is interesting in that he talks about what the light means to the city other than it's original function of guiding boats in and out of the harbor. It kind of sums it up as the city's mascot.

There are a couple of glaring errors in the article one by the author and one by someone he interviewed. First a person that he interviewed stated that the Michigan City Lighthouse was the only Indiana lighthouse, this isn't true. There are at least three other lesser lights, which you need a boat to see them.
Gary Breakwater Light
Buffington Harbor Breakwater Light
Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light
The author didn't correct the person in the article about that bit of wrong information.

The second and most glaring error to me is that he never mentioned Harriet Colfax once in the article even though he touched on the history of the original Old Michigan City Lighthouse and the Pier Light. I know it's more about the town but Harriet was reason behind the building of the Pier Light.

The best news about the Michigan City Pier Light isn't in the article because it is just now happening! The city is taking over the care and maintenance of the Pier Light building while the Coast Guard will continue to to be responsible for the maintenance of the Pier and the actual bulbs in the light. This is to happen yet this month..