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36021
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Its recently celebrated centennial history included the destruction of its first structure by the Hurricane of 1933. As donations and many member fundraising efforts proved, a house of God wasn’t made just from newer wood and nails, not even the original lamps and piano.
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29979
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Built in 1896, the Avon Fish House was located on stilts in the sound. Fish received at the Avon Fish House was sold to Globe Fish Company in New York, and the fish house was handed down from generation to next, located later in the Avon Harbor.
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35950
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A healing or cure was as possible with these rural remedies, whether for toothache or animal bite, for ear infection or wasp sting.
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36015
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Between the Coast Guard, naval yard, and commercial fisheries work of many kinds, Mr. Robert Watson Gray had gained almost a lifetime of maritime experience. After retirement, with much of his days taken up by fishing, he showed how the lure of the open sea still reeled him in.
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35995
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Dr. James Mead of the Smithsonian Institute was on hand to help answer this question. The creatures that helped determine the intelligence level of marine life included beaked whales, porpoises, and bottle-nosed dolphins. As for the criteria used to determine intelligence level, if communication was a criterion, then the answer was affirmative.
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36007
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With its water encroached existence, who became known later as Coast Guard was a natural need. Generations of Midgetts keeping the occupational tradition alive proved its value measured in ways deeper than the coastal waters. A collective generational expression was the Chicamacomico Historical Society's upkeep of one of the lifesaving stations. Efforts by a younger generation came from the Cape Hatteras High School Chicamacomico Lifesavers Club.
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7567
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Austin discusses the fundamentals of net tying. He fished with his brothers from 1925 until he went off to World War II. When more net was needed when fishing, he got the equipment and materials and tied on more net. Austin illustrates fifteen steps in how to tie a fishing net.
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29928
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The United Methodist Church at Kinnakeet began with a dream and bushels of oysters. Villagers found the area around Cape Channel in the Pamlico Sound to be abundant with oysters. After years of selling and saving, resources were pooled and lumber was bought to build a church. The church was rebuilt in 1962 after a hurricane swept through the coast .
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29860
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Unaka Benjamin Jennette, born in 1882, served thirty-eight years in the Lighthouse Service. From 1919 to 1937, Jennette was keeper of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, before the lighthouse was put in the hands of United States Coast Guard. Jennette was responsible for the care and management of the light and station, especially during severe storms and hurricanes.
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7579
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Ulysses S. “Lish†Midgett was born in Chicamacomico on Hatteras Island. At the age of 91, he is one of the last remaining surfmen of the original United States Lifesaving Service. In this SEA CHEST interview, Midgett recounts his years of service.
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7581
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Couch recounts the story of a heroic rescue of the barkentine EPHRAIM WILLIAMS in the rough seas off Cape Hatteras 1889. Station keepers Benjamin B. Dailey, Patrick H. Etheridge, and several surfmen received the Gold Lifesaving Medal for this rescue.
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29859
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Benjamin B. Dailey, keeper of the Cape Hatteras Station, received Gold Lifesaving Medals issued in the first thirty years of the Life Saving Service in North Carolina. This medal of honor was the highest award available for lifesaving from the United States government. One such award was received for the rescue of the EPHRAIM WILLIAMS that encountered stormy weather in 1889.
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35938
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Mrs. J.D. Barnett recounted the WWI sinking of the Diamond Shoals lightship by German submarines, an event reported in the local newspaper. As for the source of the entire story, that her father in law, captain of the sunken lightship.
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7566
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore naturalist Clay Gifford discusses the effect of litter on wildlife. Many people who litter along the beaches or in natural areas often do not realize the harm they are creating for wildlife. Among the items Gifford considers a menace to wildlife are monofilament fishing line, plastic six-pack bottle holders, paper from Polaroid films, and cans. Birds can be ensnared, strangled, or poisoned by these items.
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29926
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Loran O'Neal, Jr. has been gill-netting since he was fifteen years old. Today he drops the nets off the bow of a 19 foot boat and moves in and out of shallow waters depending on the season. With that, he catches trout, croakers, and crab.
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