Station Umpqua River, Oregon
Coast Guard Station #321
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Location:
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On the north side Umpqua River, 2 3/8 miles northeast of entrance, and 2 1/4 miles north northeast of the Umpqua River Light; 43-42' 00"N x 124-10' 30"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1890
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Station Built:
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1891
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Fate:
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Still in operation.
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Remarks:
Station was rebuilt in 1939.
Keepers:
John Bergman was appointed keeper on 12 June 1891 and resigned for physical reasons on 30 September 1911.
Joseph Henderson was appointed keeper on 19 September 1911 was still serving in 1915.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.