Station Saluria, Texas
Coast Guard Station #220
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Location:
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Northeast end Matagorda Island; 28-23' 00"N x 96-24' 00"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1879
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Station Built:
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1880
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Fate:
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Transferred to the custody of the War Department in 1942
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Remarks:
Station Port O'Connor is a descendent of this station.
Keepers:
Daniel Simpson was appointed keeper on 7 OCT 1880 and resigned on 30 NOV 1881.
James Hill was appointed keeper on 18 JAN 1882 and resigned on 13 FEB 1882.
Lemmel C. Macintire was appointed keeper on 8 SEP 1882 and resigned, date unknown.
Charles J. Brandon was appointed keeper on 2 OCT 1884 and he died on 31 OCT 1884.
John A. Brooks was appointed keeper on 26 NOV 1884 and was discharged on 5 JUN 1886.
Henry Tolland was appointed keeper on 17 MAY 1887 and transferred to Station Velasco on 24 NOV 1888.
Andrew Rasmussen was appointed keeper on 24 NOV 1888 and was still serving in 1915.
CBM (L) J. T. Knight was listed as the OIC in 1929.
Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.