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The author recounts his visit to Bald Head Island to sketch North Carolina’s historical landmarks, such as the state’s oldest standing lighthouse and various U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Stations.
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5395
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On December 21, 1884, lookouts at Outer Banks life-saving stations spotted the barkentine EPHRAIM WILLIAMS in distress. Duffus describes the daring rescue of the ship's crew, carried out by Outer Banks lifesavers in huge rolling waves, frigid water, and fierce winds.
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9510
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island is the most complete of the few remaining stations on the East Coast. These stations were the predecessors of the Coast Guard Service, and the stories of the daring rescues they performed are legendary. Chicamacomico closed in 1954 after seventy years of service. Today, the Chicamacomico Historical Association keeps the memory of the station and the men who served there alive through living history performances.
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3665
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The perilous Atlantic waters have claimed many ships and lives off the Outer Banks from the 1500s onward. Beginning in 1870, the U.S. Life- Saving Service fought the oceans to rescue mariners. In the next thirty years, Outer Bankers earned 56 medals for bravery.
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6249
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The Lifesaving Service was the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard. In North Carolina there were twenty-nine lifesaving stations covering the Outer Banks from Wash Wood to Cape Fear. The first seven were erected in 1874. Schenck describes life at a lifesaving station and some of the rescues.
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34497
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The barkentine OLIVE THURLOW was passing Cape Lookout on route to New York when its captain, Jerry Hayes, broke his leg. Seeking medical attention from the nearby lifesaving station, the lighthouse keeper warned the THURLOW’s crew that a storm was approaching. While the Captain was taken to Beaufort for medical attention, the ship and crew were grounded on the beach. This account details their rescue and the demise of OLIVE THURLOW, including the later discovery of archaeological remains.
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34466
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In February 1905, the schooner SARAH D.J. RAWSON wrecked offshore of the Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station on route to New York City with a cargo of lumber. The article details the rescue of the crew, for which the Life-Saving personnel received Congressional recognition.
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4452
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Chicamacomico was one of the most famous lifesaving stations on the Outer Banks. Restored, the building opened as a museum in 1982. Now a second building on the property, built in 1874, is under restoration. Mosher chronicles the restoration, which is being done true to the original style of construction.
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9573
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The United States Lifesaving Service, the forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard, built twenty-nine lifesaving stations along North Carolina's coastline in the early 1870s. Some of these historic buildings have been restored as a museum in Rodanthe, a restaurant in Kitty Hawk, and a real estate office in Corolla.
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