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36029
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Glimpses of the past were perhaps seen most clearly in this collection of photos. One was a reminder of when the ferry was the only source of transport for humans and cargo. Others were reminders of businesses long since gone out of business, as well as buildings still standing. Most the photos, though, attested the importance of waterways around the Island, whether the creek familiarly known as the “Slash,” Core Sound, or Atlantic Ocean.
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Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Outer Banks--History; Outer Banks--Culture; Core Sound; Ferries--North Carolina; Methodist Church--North Carolina; Methodists--North Carolina; Oregon Inlet; Oregon Inlet--History; Channel bass--Outer Banks; Red drum; Ghost stories--Coastal; Coast defenses; Lighthouses
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11904
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Set to replace the last lightship in North Carolina, the new Texas tower lighthouse station will be built 34 miles southeast of Southport, in 46 feet of water. The new tower will stand 88 feet above the low mean water line, securely anchored into the hard clay beneath the sea floor. Constructed by J. Ray McDermott, a New Orleans based Company, the new tower will cost $1,569,000 to build.
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4109
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The eight coastal lighthouses are among the state's best-known symbols. However, they are not the state's only lights. Beacon lights were used at Ocracoke Inlet as early as 1715, and through the years, almost 30 other lighthouses and light ships have guided mariners. Most have been lost to warfare, neglect, and weather, so that only eight remain at the end of the 20th-century.
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2250
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The North Carolina Division of Archives and History's Historic Sites Section is celebrating its fortieth anniversary as a separate entity in state government.
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2836
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The state has twenty-two historic sites, including Town Creek Indian Mound in Montgomery County and Bennett Place in Durham, that interpret the past for visitors and relate it to present-day life.
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3301
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The Town Creek Indian Mound near Mount Gilead in Montgomery County is one of the most carefully excavated and reconstructed Native American mounds in the nation.
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10658
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The actual records regarding the construction of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse have either been misplaced or destroyed. The author interviewed her grandfather and other \"old fisherman\" friends to piece together the story of how the locals solved the problems associated with building a lighthouse on such an isolated stretch of the outer banks over 100 years ago.
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3464
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The use of volunteers in the state's public schools is increasing, but a number of school systems do not have policies governing their use. An official policy is a necessity to define the volunteers' responsibilities and things they could be liable for.
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4927
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Where are the fish and how deep are they were unsolved mysteries for bass fishermen prior to the 1950s. Then Carl Lowrance moved bass fishing into the electronic age with the creation of the LO-K-Tor, a portable device that allowed fishermen to see below the surface. The device first appeared in North Carolina in 1961. Gaddis describes its development and subsequent acceptance by sports fishermen.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 65 Issue 2, Feb 2001,
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4560
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While many people know the state's seven famous coastal lighthouses, few know that in the 19th-century North Carolina had dozens of sound and river lighthouses. Standing twelve feet above the water, these two-story, four-sided structures of a 1,000 square feet functioned like today's highway markers. The lighthouses at Croatan River, Roanoke Marshes River, Long Shoal River, Neuse River, Roanoke River, and Pamlico Point are profiled.
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5239
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The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, an Indian community living in Alamance County, has received official state recognition as a tribe living in North Carolina. The Occaneechi Band had sought recognition for seventeen years. To achieve recognition, a tribe must meet five of eight criteria, including tracing lineage in North Carolina back at least 200 years, as specified by the North Carolina Commission on Indians Affairs.
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6190
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George Washington Creef designed and built the shad boat on Roanoke Island in Dare County around 1878. In 1987, the North Carolina General Assembly designated it North Carolina's State Historical Boat.
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9681
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Arrington discusses natural threats to two of the state's lighthouses--Hatteras and Cape Lookout--and what can be done to save them.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 45 Issue 7, July 1981,
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6676
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Two shipments of six thousand inch long northern pike fry were given to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission by the Ohio Department of Natural Resource's Division of Wildlife. The fish are being tried experimentally in six lakes across the state to determine if their introduction will help to control excessive numbers of gizzard, shad, and suckers. A concern is whether or not the pike will be able to survive and reproduce in waters far from its native habitat.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 1958,
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4813
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The Pee Dee Indians vanished from the Sandhills in the 1400s and their culture lay buried beneath cornfields in Montgomery County until 1937, when the state recognized the value of the site and purchased it. Excavated for nearly fifty years by Joffre Coe, the Town Creek Indian Mound is the only North Carolina Historic Site devoted exclusively to Native American history. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
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