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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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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p3-5, il
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34669
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This article discusses some of the author’s earliest memories of Morehead City. Visiting family during WWII, the author recalls the blackout practices put into effect to deter enemy attacks on shipping vessels. Houses and cars blacked out their lights while an alarm would sound in town to alert residents of nightfall. Post-war, the author describes local vernacular boatbuilding traditions and boat usage.
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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p7-10, il, por
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34670
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During the 1863/1864 winter, smallpox broke out in runaway slave encampments at New Bern and Beaufort. While soldiers in the nearby Union camps had been vaccinated against the disease, approximately 10% of the 2,500 black refugees at Beaufort were diagnosed with the infection. Union soldiers near New Bern were fortunately able to vaccinate the encampment before the virus spread. Soldiers at the Beaufort camp instead chose to isolate smallpox cases and the outbreak eventually died out.
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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p11-13, il, por
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34671
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PILGRIM was a sailing yacht used in North Carolina for the menhaden fishery. Built in Delaware in 1893, PILGRIM was built to race in the America’s Cup annual yacht race. Following the competition, PILGRIM was converted to a steam vessel and moved to Beaufort in 1913. Modified with an open fish hold, the vessel was owned by local fisheries through 1933 and served a brief stint with the U.S. Navy during World War I. Abandoned in 1935, PILGRIM was filled with cement and used as a breakwater off Harkers Island.
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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p14-15, il