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As new developments build up on Harkers Island, Karen Amspacher works to preserve the island's heritage. She serves as editor of the newsletter THE MAILBOAT, head of the Core Sound Decoy Museum, cookbook compiler, and fundraiser for the new decoy museum building.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Early Summer 1998,
p26-28, il, por
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2800
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When referring to the eastern part of the state, \"Down East\" is a term widely used. However, the real \"Down East\" is found in locales like Smyrna, Stacy, Harkers Island, and Cedar Island.
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35970
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One tale involved whiskey runners during the Prohibition, which inspired the transcribed tune about the town's role in the flourishing of the alcohol trade. Another story that could be considered legend involved the crew of the Crissie Wright, a ship first found drifting around Diamond Shoals. Added to the mystery were the frozen crew of the ship whose drifting ended in Beaufort harbor. The discovery inspired a saying still known in Carteret County, “cold as the night the Crissie Wright came ashore.”
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15295
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Another of North Carolina's most interesting places is Harkers Island. This small island is may be difficult to get to but it has many interesting features. Apart from the surrounding waterfront, Harkers Island is in close proximity to the Inland Waterway which brings ships from all over for commercial and recreational fishing, yachting, and other ventures. Harkers Island is also the home of the \"crab pound\" where crabs are held until they shed their shells and the sold as soft crabs to markets all over the area. The Inland Waterway itself is an engineering marvel 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide at the bottom.
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