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35953
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Accompaniment to the Martha Barnett Austin’s “Shipwreck! The George W. Wells” was this article, whose information about the sunken schooner was referenced from David Stick’s Graveyard of the Atlantic.
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35946
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Times had changed, as indicated in the girls’ age range, 18-28, and a marital status for some. A sign of changed times was also evident in chaperones needed if males visited. Timeless values could be seen in purposes for a club with an overnight stay option: rest, reading, and recreation.
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36029
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Glimpses of the past were perhaps seen most clearly in this collection of photos. One was a reminder of when the ferry was the only source of transport for humans and cargo. Others were reminders of businesses long since gone out of business, as well as buildings still standing. Most the photos, though, attested the importance of waterways around the Island, whether the creek familiarly known as the “Slash,” Core Sound, or Atlantic Ocean.
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Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Outer Banks--History; Outer Banks--Culture; Core Sound; Ferries--North Carolina; Methodist Church--North Carolina; Methodists--North Carolina; Oregon Inlet; Oregon Inlet--History; Channel bass--Outer Banks; Red drum; Ghost stories--Coastal; Coast defenses; Lighthouses
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13467
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Containing photos from 1936 through the 1950s, this article discusses roadway improvements on the Outer Banks. Including information relative to sites along the way, Bill Sharpe revisits the various phases of transportation support extended to these offshore islands.
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35971
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“A picture is worth a thousand words” comes to life nine-fold in these photos taken in Buxton. The time frame covered ranged from the reign of the model A to the prevalence of cars offering four-wheel drive. Scenic views were of forests, the lighthouse, and local homes. Activities mentioned for then and now noted the enduring value of family reunions and baseball.
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island is the most complete of the few remaining stations on the East Coast. These stations were the predecessors of the Coast Guard Service, and the stories of the daring rescues they performed are legendary. Chicamacomico closed in 1954 after seventy years of service. Today, the Chicamacomico Historical Association keeps the memory of the station and the men who served there alive through living history performances.
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35950
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A healing or cure was as possible with these rural remedies, whether for toothache or animal bite, for ear infection or wasp sting.
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24544
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This article presents a first-hand account of the sinking of the Diamond Shoals Lightship in 1918 by a German submarine off the Outer Banks.
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36007
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With its water encroached existence, who became known later as Coast Guard was a natural need. Generations of Midgetts keeping the occupational tradition alive proved its value measured in ways deeper than the coastal waters. A collective generational expression was the Chicamacomico Historical Society's upkeep of one of the lifesaving stations. Efforts by a younger generation came from the Cape Hatteras High School Chicamacomico Lifesavers Club.
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36167
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The connection between a well known area of the Outer Banks and Beaufort County's capital was created physically. For many decades, ferries like the Bessie Virginia transported good between “Little Washington” and area known for its connection to Roanoke’s lost colony. It was also created emotionally, in the bonds between people interdependent on each other for survival.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 2018,
p43-47
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24815
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Rachel Carson came to the North Carolina coast in 1947 and documented much of the coastal area she explored. Much of what she described can still be found and explored today from Bird Shoal to Taylor’s Creek.
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In February of 1750, a fleet of five Spanish ships heavily loaded with silver and spices sailed from Veracruz, the collection point of the Spanish Empire in the New World, to Havana. From there, the ships were to sail for Europe, but were instead wrecked by gale force winds along the coast of North Carolina. The EL SALVADOR, the NEUSTRA SIGNORA DE SOLEDAD, and three unnamed vessels were lost at various points on the Carolina coast, ranging from Topsail Island, to Ocracoke, Hatteras, and New Currituck Inlet.
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The town of Marshallberg is today located on a land grant dating to 1713. The property’s first owner, George Bell, deeded the estate to his heirs who would construct the town’s first industry, a windmill, on site in 1819. When a request was made for a local post office, the community adopted the name Marshallberg in honor of the local mail boat operator, Matt Marshall. The community continued to grow, and by the early 1900s, was engaged with seafood packing and processing. In 1910, a shipbuilding practice was established which would operate through the 1990s. The community underwent many changes during the 20th century although it still retains a post office and active fishing community.
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In the early days of World War II, residents of the Outer Banks' communities, including Harkers Island and villagers on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, saw the war up close and personal, as German submarines sank Allied ships within sight of the mainland. Cheatham recounts incidents from the dark days of 1942, when German U-Boats ruled the seas off North Carolina.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Nov 1999,
p3-14, il, f
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An unlikely pairing on Hatteras Island in 1923 of an illiterate, self-taught midwife, Bathsheba Foster (\"Mis' Bashi\") and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine graduate Blanche Nettleton Epler provides a picture of maternity care and the dangers women faced in childbirth a hundred years ago.
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