Record #:

37719

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Abstract:

Pea Island Lifesaving Station had an all-black crew.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 9 Issue No. 1, , p11-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pea Island Lifesaving Station

Record #:

38910

Author(s):

Abstract:

Pea Island Life Saving Station in Dare Co., NC was the first life-saving station in the United States to have an all African-American crew. In 1880, Capt. Richard Etheridge, an African-American, was appointed the second keeper of the Pea Island Life Saving Station and he successfully ran it with military precision. The original site was purchased in 1878 and the new station was destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1880. A new station was built and used until a new site was acquired in 1908 and the old station abandoned. In 1930, a new ten acre site was acquired from the Pea Island Club and the old station abandoned. In 1947, Pea Island Life Saving Station was disestablished and in 1949 the station was turned over to the Fish and Wildlife Service, for use in connection with the Pea Island Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 4, October 2015, p101-102 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pea Island Lifesaving Station; Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900; Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Record #:

44114

Author(s):

Smith, Donna Campbell

Abstract:

"Om June 28, 1848, in order to 'save lives from the perils of the sea,' the U.S. Federal government began funding volunteer lifesaving efforts along the Atlantic coast--an act hat sowed the seeds of what would become the U.S. Life-Saving Service." The Pea Island station near Rodanthe was the only one of approximately 450 stations to be commanded by a Black keeper.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 56 Issue 6, June 2024, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900; Pea Island Lifesaving Station