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In the 19th-century the United States Weather Bureau established several weather stations and observation posts throughout North Carolina and along the coast. The earliest coastal station was established in Wilmington in 1871, and has been in continuous operation since. A second station was built at Cape Hatteras in 1874, followed by five others up and down the coast. These stations played an important role in early storm and hurricane tracking and were the first weather warning systems for coastal residents. Harrison recounts the history of the Cape Hatteras Station.
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In 1880, when Richard Etheridge became the first African American in command of a life saving station, the Pea Island Life Saving Station on North Carolina's Outer Banks, the four white crewmen quit. Etheridge was free to choose a crew possessing the best qualities of a lifesaver. The crew was all African American, the first such in the history of the service. Led by Etheridge, the men earned a reputation for skill and courage in saving lives during a time of prejudice and racial tension, until the station was decommissioned in 1947. Harrison recounts the station's finest hour, the rescue of the captain, his family and crew, from the schooner E. S. Newman, on the night of October 11, 1896. One hundred years later, on March 5, 1996, Etheridge and his crew were posthumously awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the service's highest peacetime honor.
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Before 1950 on Hatteras Island, Highway 12 was not paved, Bonner Bridge wasn't built, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore had not been created, and there were few motels. In 1952, John Edgar and Anne Miller Hooper began building a motel at Buxton and called it the Lighthouse View Court motel. Harrison recounts the growth of the family business which is now in its fourth generation.
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Owens' Restaurant, located on the Outer Banks in Nags Head, is one of those eating establishments known as an institution. Opened in 1946, the restaurant is now under the direction of a fourth-generation owner and is known for its crab cakes and hush puppies.
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Aycock Brown, first director of the Dare County Tourist Bureau, put the Outer Banks on the map with his endless publicity created during the early 1950s and the late 1970s. Brown, working in a time before computers and digital cameras, used a typewriter, film, telephone, and the U.S. mail to spread the word about Outer Banks' tourism across the country.
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Harrison profiles Donald Davis of Ocracoke, perhaps the best-known storyteller in America today. He was born in Waynesville into a family of storytellers. After graduating from Davidson College and the Duke Divinity School, he served as a Methodist minister for twenty years. He gave it up in 1988 to pursue storytelling full-time and now gives over 300 performances a year.
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Harrison describes four beach drive-ins that preserve an old-fashioned dining tradition--John's Drive-In (Kitty Hawk); Dune Burger (Nags Head); The Snowbird (Nags Head); and The Big Oak Drive-in & Bar-B-Q (Salter Path).
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Ghost walks have become a popular form of tourism for those who like the eerie and supernatural. At one time they were a part of the Halloween season only, but they have become so popular that many communities hold them year-round. Three coastal communities that offer walks are the Beaufort Ghost Walk, Ocracoke Ghost Walk and Historic Tour, and the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington.
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New Bern's Tryon Palace is marking the 50th year since it was reconstructed. The 18th-century manor house of Royal Governor William Tryon burned in 1798. The building is an exact reproduction built from the original plans. Harrison describes the gardens designed by William Morley that surround the structure.
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The building that houses Layden's Country Store in Belvidere was built in 1860 as a general store, post office and blacksmith shop. Charles Layton purchased it in 1952, continued the store, and moved his butcher shop in from across the street. His son Doug purchased the store in 1986 and continues the family business along with his own son Charlie.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 8, Jan 2010,
p162-164, 166, 168-169, il, por
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Artists create on a variety of canvasses, but Rebekah Joy Brown of Elizabeth City uses one of the most unusual types - eggshells. She uses a specially developed dentist drill, turning at 300,000-revolutions-per-minute, to craft eggshells into works of art. Duck, goose, emu, and ostrich eggs serve as her canvasses.
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N.C. Highway 12 runs through the Outer Banks for 148 miles. Harrison describes things to see and do along the route.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 1, June 2010,
p114-120, 122, 124, 126, 128, , il
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Located on North Carolina's Outer Banks, the Dare County town of Kill Devil Hills is featured in Our State magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month section.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 2, July 2010,
p26-28, 30, 32-34, 36-37, il
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The obituary column lists the following individuals who made contributions to North Carolina: in the field of history, Hugh Franklin Rankin; and in the field of cartography, William Patterson Cumming.
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Each year since 1980 the Martin County community of Farm Life, nicknamed Jerusalem South, has staged its original outdoor drama, THE MESSAGE OF EASTER. An expected 20,000 people will attend this year's play.
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