Station White River, Michigan
Coast Guard Station #268
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Location:
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North side entrance of White Lake, 1/4 mile east by north of White River Pierhead Light;
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Date of Conveyance
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1884
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Station Built:
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1886
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1947
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Remarks:
Coast Guard Station White River was located in Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan. The station was established by an Act of Congress on May 4, 1882. It was officially opened on March 14, 1887 when the first Keeper was appointed. The first crew arrived on April 21, 1887. The land, which had been acquired by donation in 1914, was abandoned in March, 1946.
Keepers:
Charles Lysaght was appointed keeper on 11 JAN 1887 and transferred to Station Grand Point Au Sable on 1 MAR 1904.
Berndt Jackson was appointed keeper on 16 NOV 1903 and transferred to Station Ludington on 7 NOV 1905.
Edwin E. Bedford was appointed keeper on 26 OCT 1905 and transferred to Station Point Betsie on 10 JUL 1908.
Henry Curran was appointed keeper on 2 JUL 1908 and 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.