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29982
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Built to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first English settlers in America, the Elizabeth II is now ready to sail. The replica 16th century merchant vessel, maintained by the State of North Carolina, will sit afloat at Manteo.
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29983
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When the hurricane of 1933 came to Hatteras, the residents were battened down. Although houses were washed out and trees broken down, the villagers on the Island continued to stay put.
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29984
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The hurricane of 1944 hit Avon, North Carolina with a vengeance, washing away stores, homes, and other structures from their foundations. The short lived hurricane pushed back the sound waters with high tides, causing flooding to bust through dunes and ruin freshwater cisterns.
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29985
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When a hurricane hit Avon, North Carolina on September 14, 1944, residents of the Outer Banks were used to bygone years of inundation and erosion, and early morning preparation were being made to move furniture and goods. But the hurricane reached 150 miles an hour, rushing the ocean tides into the Pamlico Sound, cutting the dunes, and ripping possessions and homes from their owners.
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29986
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In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corp as part of the New Deal Program. In a mission to help stabilize the shoreline, many men from the southern region of the United States came to the Outer Banks to erect sand fences, create sand dunes, and plant sea oats and grass.
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29987
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In the 1920s, when the Great Depression hit the United States, people on the Outer Banks fared a bit better than most. Gardens and proximity to ocean and sound resources helped communities like Buxton and Hatteras, persevere.
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36025
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Clarence Jennette’s memories recalled were of the area’s well-known 1933 and 1944 hurricanes. The Hatteras residents’ method of battening down the hatches and waiting it out—has proven to help them weather any storm.
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36026
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This article, part of a series for this edition, recounted Hatteras Island’s experience with the well-known 1933 and 1944 hurricanes. What it has in common with “Storm Memories” was personal accounts, in this case of a family, the Austins, rather than an individual, Clarence Jennette.
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36027
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A resident of this town, renamed Frisco since Maggie Austin’s experience with the 1944 hurricane, recalled its terrifying impact. What hadn’t changed: the resilience residents exhibited.
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36028
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This article, part of a series for this edition, chronicled Hatteras Island’s encounters with well-known 1933 and 1944 hurricanes. This recollection by Ernal Foster, included photos illustrating the 1933 storm’s impact, proved pictures can be worth a thousand words.
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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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29966
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Thought to be the oldest ponies in North America, the horses on the Outer Banks may have come from Spanish settlers and English traders. There are three major herds left to see on Shackleford Banks, Currituck, and Hatteras.
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29968
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Waterfowl need nesting habitat to reproduce, resting and feeding area, and wintering range. To assure this happens and the populations remain substantial, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service use a computer system to develop the bird banding program. Each year a percentage of is determined for the daily bag limit for hunters, ensuring that species have years in which the populations can rebuilt.
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29974
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After moving to Hatteras, North Carolina, Mike Perrotty has found that red drum fishing on the Outer Banks is the best sense of thrill and accomplishment.
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29977
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Anchored off Cape Hatteras, the Lightship No. 17 was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918. After a succession of torpedoes the lightship was left to settle and sink, while the U-boat gave chase to tankers. The present Diamond Shoals Lightship was placed in 1920.
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