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The capital of Carteret County has had a long history in the Crystal Coast. Dubbed Fish Town in the early 1700s, the town received its next moniker from John Motley Morehead in the 1850s. Incorporated as Morehead City in 1861, the town lives up to its original identity through its famous Blue Marlin Tournament, Seafood Festival, and Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant.
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7396
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The North Carolina Seafood Festival, held each year in Morehead City, grew out of a conversation local fishermen were having in a city restaurant in 1986. Almost twenty years later, the three-day festival is the second largest outdoor festival held in the state, with an attendance of over 150,000. Only Bele Chere of Asheville is larger. Besides its main focus of seafood, the festival promotes the economic impact of the seafood industry, educates the public about seafood, and publicizes the variety of seafood products in the state.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 5, Oct 2005, p186-188, 190, 192, il Periodical Website
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