Sheriff John Lyght and deputies with an escaped pet lion they shot in Lutsen, Minnesota. Photograph by Dick Dorr, 1978. Credit: Northern Wilds magazine.

Wedding of John and Anne Lyght, 1954. John and Anne are at center right and left, respectively. From the John Lyght photograph collection.

John Lyght in his Air Force uniform, 1945. From the John Lyght photograph collection

Description: John, Daniel, and Jessie Lyght (left to right) in their class at Lutsen School (Lutsen, Minnesota), 1933. From the John Lyght photograph collection.

John (left) and Daniel Lyght, ca. early 1930s. From the John Lyght photograph collection.

Stella Lyght, seated, at Northern Lights Resort, 1930. From the John Lyght photograph collection.

Hosey Lyght, 1930. From the John Lyght photograph collection.

Sheriff John Lyght, 1984. John Lyght Papers, Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection.

Rev. Denzil A. Carty (standing at center) with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (sitting) in 1956, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. From the Minneapolis Spokesman-Recorder.