Latest Breaking News On - Lighthouse service - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For CSPAN3 1918 U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Mission 20240716

Campaign on the Atlantic Coast. Welcome, everyone. Thent to begin by thanking Historical Association for their generous sponsorship and support for this project of writing this book about the mirlo rescue. Gigio want to acknowledge of buxton books who has been very supportive. I want to begin by thanking them. Before i share the story of what i think is one of historys greatest rescues is familiarize you with the outer banks, sandbanks as they were known, and Hatteras Island as it was a century ago. In the early 20th century, the island we are on today was among one of the most isolated places in the United States. The seven villages of Hatteras Island were tenuously linked by an often vanishing wagon road that wound through woods, across sand flats, in and around tidal pools and storm breaches. Automobiles on Hatteras Island were virtually nonexistent. There were no bridges or ferries. There were no telephones except between coast guard stations. Back then, news, information, and goss

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Restoration Starts at the Top

Barnegat Lighthouse Still in Peril - The SandPaper

Navigating Through The National Park System's Lighthouses And Light Stations

Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.

This Week In History | Robesonian

North Carolina…