Record #:

38933

Author(s):

Abstract:

Port Ferdinando, located on the north end of Hatteras Island near the present day Bodie Island lighthouse, was the principal entry point for men and supplies for the Roanoke Colony in pre-colonial North Carolina. It was named for the Portuguese explorer and sometimes pirate Simon Fernandez and there was evidence of a fort there. John White, the Governor of what is now the Lost Colony, is the only person to cartographically record Port Ferdinando.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016, p86 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Port Ferdinando; Bodie Island Lighthouse--History; Roanoke Colony

Record #:

38904

Author(s):

Abstract:

As early as 1837 a lighthouse was proposed for Bodie Island, but funding was delayed to 1847. Thomas Blount, Customs official, was project overseer and he overruled the engineer, and the lighthouse was built on a poor foundation of mud. The lighthouse listed one foot out of plumb in two years and numerous repairs failed to correct the problem. A second lighthouse was built in 1859, but was destroyed by Confederate troops in 1861. A third lighthouse was built in 1872. It was constructed from material left over from the construction of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 3, July 2015, p69-70 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bodie Island Lighthouse--History

Record #:

21671

Author(s):

DeGregory, Lane; Vandyke, Mark (Photographer); Carr, Jennifer; Lyttle, Melissa; Havel, John

Abstract:

The Bodie Island Lighthouse has stood on the Outer Banks for 141 years. In all that time it had only been open to the public for a few days in 1988 during the U.S. Lighthouse Service bicentennial celebration. The black-and-white striped-tower later underwent a $5 million restoration, and in October 2013, 300 descendants of the 34 keepers gathered there to share their stories of growing up at the lighthouse.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 10, Mar 2014, p74-82, 84, 86, 88, 90, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lighthouses--Outer Banks; Bodie Island Lighthouse--History