Celebrating 150 Years
Recent Blogs
- A major restoration is underway at the 1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving StationThe 150th anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service in North Carolina has presented an opportunity for the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe to launch a big endeavor that has been in […]
- The Wright EffectOn December 3, 1903, a surfman from the Currituck Beach LifeSaving Station (formerly known as Jones Hill) spotted a vessel stranded about 500 yards northeast of the station. Keeper W. F. Parker […]
- A Family LegacyOn October 8, 1903, a small sailboat named the Leon Bruce capsized about a mile and a half south of the Caffey’s Inlet LifeSaving Station. The sailboat belonged to Keeper Thaddeus Snow and the rest […]