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The industrial-scale harvesting of off-shore shrimp came to North Carolina by accident in 1915, when scientists at the fisheries research station in Beaufort began catching large shrimp, or prawns, in otter trawls that were used to search for marine specimens in the open sea just off Beaufort bar. Local shrimpers had traditionally harvested with long haul seine nets or small one-man \"push\" nets and limited their operations to the more protected inside waters of sounds, creeks, and estuaries. As news of the big shrimp circulated, local fishermen manufactured trawls modeled on the one used by the research station and soon began catching more shrimp than could be sold locally, thus establishing a new and profitable fishery in North Carolina.
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For years pine trees were used in the naval stores and turpentine industry. Now a new use for them has developed--the synthetic camphor industry.
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Operated by the International Nickel Company, the Sea Horse Institute, located in Wrightsville Beach, is devising ways of countering the corrosion of metals exposed in or near seawater.
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At 1:40 am, 23 December 1864, the Louisiana, loaded with 215 tons of black powder, accidently exploded, foiling Union General Benjamin \"Beast\"Â Butler's intentions of destroying the Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher.
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The natural range of the alligator extends as far north as the coastal swamps of the southeastern part of North Carolina. Montgomery relates some interesting facts about their habits.
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11299
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Deer tongue, also known as Carolina vanilla, is an obscure wild plant with slender, leathery leaves that somewhat resemble a deer's tongue. The leaves, when dried and crushed, produce the heavy, sweetish odor of pure vanilla extract. Deer tongue is extensively used in tobacco products of various kinds, and each year tobacco buyers purchase hundreds of thousands pounds of it.
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Bald Head Island is one of North Carolina's most isolated and least-frequented coastal areas. Montgomery describes the island, where it rarely snows or gets cold, but instead supports an almost tropical growth of vegetation and flora.
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During early autumn, it is the time for the Tar Heel hunters to ready themselves for annual safaris into the tidelands for clapper rails or \"marsh hens.\" The importance of wind and tide in marsh hunting can't be overestimated, as it takes good \"grass covering\" high water to flush out the prey in order to find and shoot them.
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In years past, coastal Carolinians enjoyed traditional sea turtle egg hunts on the full moon in June. The full moon would illuminate tracks left on the beach by female turtles returning to the water after laying their eggs. Egg hunts were primarily social events carried out by groups competing to find the most eggs, which would be used as an ingredient in old-fashioned corn bread. Ocean front development and protective laws have combined to render the once eagerly anticipated event a distant memory.
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The oyster industry has been elevated to a position of great importance in the commercial fishery business of North Carolina. Due to the rapidly increasing consumption of oysters, which has badly depleted the supply of natural beds in North Carolina, the State Department of Conservation has been making an effort to rehabilitate existing beds and encourage new beds in the sound along the coast by the transplantation of seed oysters.
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Once great flocks of passenger pigeons, numbering in the millions, filled the skies. Over 16 inches in length with a two-foot wingspan, the bird made its home mainly in the Northern regions of the country, but it did visit North Carolina. Thomas Harriot gave the first English account of their presence in the state when he observed them on Roanoke Island during the winter of 1585-86. Moravians reported them in 1760. Early writings note the great damage caused by the flocks of birds, such as breaking trees limbs and bending others to the ground. In the late 19th-century, the passenger pigeon was the most abundant wildlife species in the world, with numbers reaching five billion. Market hunters practically wiped it out in the last two decades of the 19th-century. The last passenger pigeon in North Carolina was shot in 1894, and the last passenger pigeon in the world died in the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 34 Issue 12, Dec 1970,
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The Brigade Boys Club began in Wilmington around 1896. Colonel Walker Taylor organized the group for boys seeking recreation. Eventually it developed into a resource for poorer Wilmington boys to enjoy companionship and learn about civic responsibility.
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Near Wilmington, on the eastern shore of the Cape Fear River, stands an old, moss-covered cypress tree. It has stood there for over two centuries. For mariners it is a landmark indicating that the end of the voyage is in sight. When the tree was sighted, the captain would order that a dram of grog be issued to the crew, hence the name \"Dram Tree.\"
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When prices for tar and pitch were increased by their suppliers, England turned to their American colonies as a new source around 1700. Southeastern North Carolina became a major supplier of naval stores, which included tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. For decades Wilmington was recognized as the largest export point in the world for naval stores.
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Every item in the Blockade Runner Museum is arranged to express a single theme: What life was like in the Lower Cape Fear section during the Federal blockade days of the Civil War. Relics, artifacts, maps, models, and dioramas are dramatically arranged to make visitors feel more like participants than observers. John Foard, a retired textile executive, realized a lifelong ambition when he joined with several friends to build the museum.
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