Lighthouses and Life-Saving on the Oregon Coast (OR) (Images of America)

Pinyerd is a member of the board of the U.S. LifeSaving Service Heritage Association, working to save the artifacts and story of the LifeSaving Service and the Coast Guard. . Author David Pinyerd combines thorough research with an extensive collection of previously unpublished photographs to create a vivid portrait of a coastal economy dependent upon the Pacific Ocean. Gathered from a wide variety of sources, more than

About the Author Author David Pinyerd combines thorough research with an extensive collection of previously unpublished photographs to create a vivid portrait of a coastal economy dependent upon the Pacific Ocean. Pinyerd is a member of the board of the U.S. LifeSaving Service Heritage Association, working to save the artifacts and story of the LifeSaving Service and the Coast Guard. Gathered from a wide variety of sources, more than 180 historic photographs document the history of the state’s lighthouses and lifesaving stations.

"Five Stars" according to keith m sullivan. Good book.. "Lighthouses" according to Donald E. Glick. Wonderful pictures and information about the lighthouses along the Oregon coast. We just returned from a west coast trip and this was the perfect "souvenier.". "Five Stars" according to Larry Occhipinti DVM. Excellent.

Lighthouses and Lifesaving on the Oregon Coast commemorates the true heroes who served to warn, protect, and rescue those who went to sea.. Eventually, most of the harbor entrances and headlands were protected by both the Lighthouse Service and the LifeSaving Service, the precursor to today’s Coast Guard. Economic and political pressures finally forced the government to build the first Oregon lighthouse in 1857 at the Umpqua River. The Oregon Coast has been the site of shipwrecks even before Lewis and Clark’s arrival in 1805. Even as the