Record #:

8337

Author(s):

Baum, Jack

Abstract:

An exact date when duck hunting for the market began in the Currituck area is hard to establish. It is known that hunting was going on before 1827, but no written records of it exist. The earliest written record of market hunting there is in 1856. Edgar Bourroughs employed twenty game hunters to shoot waterfowl. The game was hauled by wagon to Norfolk once a week and then packed and shipped to northern cities. Baum traces the history of this type of hunting from 1856 to the turn of the century.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 32 Issue 11, Nov 1968, p13-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl shooting--Currituck Sound; Market hunting (Game hunting)--Currituck Sound

Record #:

8338

Author(s):

Baum, Jack

Abstract:

In this second part of the series on market hunting in the Currituck Sound area, Baum discusses how duck blinds were constructed, what sort of setups were employed, and how the old timers managed fantastic hunts at the height of the market hunting era.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 32 Issue 12, Dec 1968, p4-8, 31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Waterfowl shooting--Currituck Sound; Market hunting (Game hunting)--Currituck Sound

Record #:

5087

Author(s):

Potorti, David; Baum, Jack

Abstract:

Tommy Thompson is an old-time music legend. He was an original member of the Hollow Rock String Band and founding member of The Red Clay Ramblers. Toddy at 63 he is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, an illness that forced him to retire from the Ramblers in 1994. Thompson's daughter Jesse Eustice and Durham's Manbites Dog Theater are collaborating on a tribute to be presented during the 2001-2002 theater season.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 14, Apr 2001, p39-41, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Thompson, Tommy, 1937-2003; The Red Clay Ramblers (Musical group); Waterfowl hunting--Currituck Sound; Market hunting (Game hunting)--Currituck Sound