Record #:

22104

Author(s):

Markovich, Jeremy; Chaplin, Emily [Photographer]

Abstract:

Markovich describes the services of the Blockade Runner, an independent beach resort at Wrightsville Beach. This year marks fifty years of providing service to beach goers who just want to relax. The Seashore Hotel opened on the site in 1897 and burned in 1918. It was followed by the Ocean Terrace which was battered by Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and then burned down the following year. The Blockade Runner was built there in 1964, a group of doctors bought it in 1971, and in 1984 the daughter of one of them, Mary Baggett, took over running the place.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. 28 Issue 2, January 20 2010, p150-154, 156-158, 160, 162, il

Subject(s):

Beach resorts--Wrightsville Beach; Blockade Runner (Wrightsville Beach)

Record #:

30560

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In a new chapter for North Carolina's shipwrecks, skin divers are bringing up some of the secrets of the ocean depths. The latest target has been the Confederate blockade runner FANNY AND JENNY, which lies in shallow waters off Wrightsville Beach. One of several Confederate blockade runners to be lost along the North Carolina coast, the FANNY AND JENNY met her fate bound from Bermuda to Cape Fear, and is believed to have a cargo of valuable goods such as a solid gold, gem encrusted sword intended as a gift to General Robert E. Lee from British sympathizers.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 13 Issue 8, January 1956, p14, 25

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--North Carolina; Blockade Runner (Wrightsville Beach)

Record #:

38217

Author(s):

Blake, Kathy

Abstract:

A combination of work and pleasure has long been offered by businesses to improve company productivity. What is newer is resorts creating the synthesis of work and pleasure now labeled as bleisure. The new version of an established business practice can be defined as employees experiencing the city’s local flavor through resorts amenities and services, in addition to engaging in team building initiatives.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 3, March 2018, p78, 81-82, 84, 86, 88 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Vacations; Business trips ; Bleisure; Business practices; Travel; Corporations; Employees; Blockade Runner (Wrightsville Beach); Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill); Resorts; Chetola (Blowing Rock); Hospitality industry