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7337
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Wales reminisces about family trips to Nags Head in the summertime in the 1920s. The eighty-five mile trip from Edenton to the beach took all day and required five different modes of transportation. There were about fifty buildings in the whole of Nags Head at that time. Many had no electricity for refrigerators, lights, stoves, and hot water heaters. Nor were there large supermarkets. What Nags Head lacked in modern conveniences, it made up for with its lively interaction of vacationers and residents.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 3, Aug 2005, p168-170, il Periodical Website
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11945
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Informality and friendliness charm visitors at Nags Head in spite of its growth, and travelers in 1958 found a trip to this beach well worth the drive. Old Trudge gives an excellent example of the routes one would take from the south to reach Nags Head in 1958.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 4, July 1958, p19-20, por
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14116
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In the past, Nags Head lacked a lot of conveniences which vacationists enjoy at the resort today, but it was just as popular then as it is now.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 12, Aug 1949, p4, f
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20312
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A still extant letter to a Miss Virginia Hodges, Slade Creek, Hyde County, about a September 1853 grand ball held at Nags Head prompts the writer of this article to describe how a person got to Nags Head and where they stayed upon arrival. Travelers would come by carriages to the departure point and cross the sound by boat. Once there they would stay in a hotel that had no plumbing, no electric or gas lights, and no screens to ward off mosquitoes.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 4, June 1944, p5, il
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21170
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This article looks at the history, construction, and character of the mile-long row of oceanfront beach cottages built in Nags Head in the years between the Civil War and World War II.
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35783
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This restaurant, started by a father and son, has changed hands twice since its opening during WWII. Remaining constant is offering fisherman their first catch of the early day in a hearty breakfast. As for what has become true over the years, that was offering this first catch of the day to all, and in the process, making the restaurant a hang-out for natives and visitors alike.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 7, Nov/Dec 1979, p7S-8S
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36014
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Of personal interest to the author were also items of historical interest. Up close and personal was the view that he offered of sunken ships, as well as the marine life that lived around them. As visual illustration was a map locating the wrecked watercrafts, which included a German submarine. Accompanying the map was a brief description of each: an old boiler, LST#741, Richmond, Kyzickes, Zane Gray, U-85, and York.
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Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1980, p10-13, map
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37643
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A history of the early hotels on the beach, some of the steamboats that brought over people; and various leisure pastimes and entertainment.
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37666
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Description of life on the beach before the coming of commercialization. There is an inventory of the original mile long row of cottages.
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37669
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Article about the disappearance of Theodosia Burr in 1812 and the mysterious portrait found on a wrecked pilot boat.
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37708
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The term coined by Jonathan Daniels in his News and Observer write-up from the 1920s still applies. The unpainted aristocracy is associated with families such as the Outlaws and Worthingtons, who have had cottages in the area for as long as five generations. The cottages carry the weight of aristocratic history through family legends, such as a Worthington ancestor laid in his Civil War regalia in the cottage’s dining room. The cottages attest hardiness against hurricanes such as the ones in 1898 and 1918 because of Stephen Twine, credited with designing and erecting these summer homes.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 12, May 2015, p182-196, 198-199, il Periodical Website