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Lighthouses, Jetties, Life-Saving Station
Topic of Talk at Historical Society May 15
April 15, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diane Disse, Museum Educator, 541-265-7509
NEWPORT, Oregon – "To Guide, Guard, and Rescue: Building the Yaquina Lighthouses, Jetties, and Life-Saving Station" is the title of a talk by George M. Collins scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 15 at the Carriage House of the Lincoln County Historical Society.
The talk will be based on his book of the same title, and Collins will be signing and selling copies of the book. The book is also available for sale in the shops of the Burrows House and Log Cabin museums.
The book describes in detail why and how, in the 1870s and 1880s, Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and Yaquina Head Lighthouse, the stone jetties, and the early U.S. Life-Saving Station were built near the then-small town of Newport on the formidable Oregon coast. The Life-Saving Station is gone, but the lighthouses and jetties survive. Included also is information about many features of the lighthouses and the people who served them. The book contains more than ninety photos and other images.
Collins was born near Hollywood, California and raised in Detroit. He spent his professional life in radio and TV broadcasting in the Midwest and East, retiring from Voice of America in Washington, D. C. After he retired, Collins bought an RV and steered it West. In 1996 he parked his RV at Yaquina Head and volunteered to help patrol the park and give tours of the lighthouse. From 2001 to 2004 he was a park ranger at the lighthouse. Collins has spent the last 14 years studying the lighthouses, jetties, and Life-Saving Service, a forerunner of today's Coast Guard.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Historical Society at 541-265-7509.
The Lincoln County Historical Society, which includes the Burrows House and Log Cabin museums, is located at 545 SW Ninth Street in Newport. The museums are free and open to the public. The Burrows House Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Log Cabin Museum is open Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Lincoln County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Lincoln County.
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