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US life-saving service : Florida's east coastEntry/Object ID
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127 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
US life-saving service : Florida's east coast by Sandra Thurlow.
Content: Introduction -- Florida's adaptation of US Life-Saving Service stations -- The US Coast Guard era and beyond -- The Coutant family and the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge -- Fred Hall's World War I-era Coast Guard images -- Supporting organizations.
Summary: "Ten houses of refuge, unique to Florida's east coast, were constructed by the US Life-Saving Service between 1876 and 1886. When ships traveling along the almost uninhabited coast were grounded or wrecked on reefs, survivors often made it to land but had no way to reach civilization. House of refuge keepers and their families provided food and shelter to victims of shipwrecks. The keepers' lives were monotonous but punctuated with the excitement of an occasional shipwreck. The US Life-Saving Service provided the framework on which the east coast of Florida developed. With the establishment of the US Coast Guard in 1915, the Life-Saving Service houses of refuge became Coast Guard stations." -- From cover.
Chapter 3: Of all the families who served at houses of refuge, only the family of Samuel Coutant, who was keeper of the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge for 22 years, left a photographic record. Consequently, the Coutants' images of daily activities, the interior and exterior of the house, boats, outbuildings, excursions, and visitors are valuable representations of all the families who served in the US Life-Saving Service in Florida.
Selected names included: Elvin Samuel Coutant, Hiriam B. Shaw, Aimee Ethel Coutant, Jeanette Rachael Coutant Howes, Elvin Harold Coutant, Sarah Howes Prado, Ralph Willits, William Luther Howes (W. L. Howes).Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Coutant, Elwin Samuel 1852-1940 -- Family., U.S. Life-Saving Service -- History -- Anecdotes., Howes, William L., Florida -- History., Oak Hill (Fla.) -- History., Shipwrecks -- Florida -- History., Lifesaving -- Florida -- History.Publication Details
Author
Thurlow, Sandra Henderson., Dring, Timothy R., author.Publisher
Arcadia PublishingPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Charleston, SC
[Jacksonville],Call No.
VK 1324 .F6 T4 2016ISBN
1467124184LCCN
2016949527