Record #:

36632

Author(s):

Evans, Renee A.

Abstract:

The author gives the history of Dr. William Sharpe, a neurosurgeon from New York, who bought the Hammocks and Bear Island, near Swansboro, NC. To save it from development, he eventually turned it over to the NC Teachers Association in 1950 and it became Hammocks Beach State Park in 1961

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 53 Issue No. 2, , p39-41, il, por

Subject(s):

Hammocks Beach State Park--History; Sharpe, William, Dr.; Bear Island--History