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34586
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County school records are a helpful research tool to those interested in Genealogy. Often, older records list the school age citizens within a geographic area as well as the achievements of those enrolled in local schools.
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34587
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Brinson recalls a memory from his early teenage years when he and a playmate used Brinson’s dinghy to stow aboard GLORIA M, a local trawler tied up at the fish house. While standing to board the trawler, the dinghy capsized and deposited both boys in the water.
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34588
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The Carteret County Historical Society installed more plaques on historic buildings in Marshallberg than anywhere else in the County. A local teacher in Marshallberg identified many of the historic buildings which aided the society in their task.
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Brinson recalls her first visit to Lion Tamer’s Camp in Salter Path, ca. 1934. As Salter Path had no tourist infrastructure, the family used a small vernacular craft to travel over to the banks. Other residents did have cars and could access Morehead City at low tide. The village of Salter Path itself consisted of a few properties with small, one story clapboard houses, and their gardens. The village post office, situated in the front room of a local resident, was a local meeting place.
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Seward describes his great-grandfather, Joseph Glover, crossing Union lines to enlist with the Union army. Glover did not support North Carolina’s secession and walked at night towards the northern line to escape Confederate conscription. Glover was stationed at Fort Macon with Union troops during the war and remained in Beaufort after the war.
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34591
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The 1997 annual middle school writing competition held by the Carteret County Historical Society required One Act Play submissions. Of the 41 entries (submitted by 116 authors), three were chosen for each grade level. The winning play topics include the Roanoke Colony, Emeline Pigott, and memories of a Civil War soldier. The first and second place submissions are included.
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34592
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Whaling was a significant industry in early Carteret County. Harvested whale oil and bone sold at a high price. Goodwin provides some price comparisons recorded in the Carteret Court minutes of 1741.
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34593
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Brinson discusses the hurricane preparation his family, and others, undertook during his childhood. While flooding and power loss were guarantees, few residents left during a hurricane and chose instead to stock up on resources.
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Daniel Lindsay Russell Jr. was a captain of artillery for Confederate forces and later governor of North Carolina. Born in 1845 south of Wilmington, Russell joined the Confederate army and rose to the rank of Captain. During the war, however, Russell began to despise the Confederate government and openly discussed his views. After attacking another Captain over conscription, Russell was court martialed and eventually resigned. Following the war, Russell worked as a Supreme Court Justice and was elected governor in 1896. While he fought for racial equality, his personality and paternalistic attitude alienated voters, both black and white.
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This article discusses Carteret County Labor Statistics for the year 1893 as recorded for the State of North Carolina. The recorder, B.R. Lacy, believed labor statistics were vital to understanding the needs and services of working class North Carolinians. Interesting details of labor statistics in Carteret County in 1893 include a decrease in farming and farm enterprises and limited upward mobility for manual laborers.
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34596
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John Roberts was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1804 where he served until 1816. During this career, Roberts was a commissioned Lieutenant Colonel during 1813-1814 following the War of 1812 and worked as an assistant paymaster. He was elected to State Senate in 1816, however his term was short lived. In the winter of 1816, Roberts was accused of forgery and fraud relating to his work as a paymaster. While Roberts was eventually acquitted, the trial persisted until 1823. Roberts died shortly after he was found not guilty.
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34597
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Ben Royal was the doctor responsible for Morehead City’s first hospital. A local resident, Royal attended the University of North Carolina and returned to Morehead City in 1910, where he established the 8-bed hospital two years later. Dr. Royal and his assistant, Edith Broadway, were the only two hospital staff for the first decade of its service. In 1918, Royal again opened a larger 28-bed hospital in Morehead City to meet growing demands. As the hospital served residents located throughout the Outer Banks, the larger hospital had an associated pier to assist in transport. During the Second World War, over 300 victims were treated by Royal and his staff.
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While a Methodist chapel pre-dated the establishment of Morehead City, it was razed during the Civil War. The first Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1884 to replace the chapel. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the congregation grew and required further infrastructure including a meeting room, kitchen, and classrooms. In 1960, the educational building was again expanded with the addition of a new wing. The congregation celebrated its 200th anniversary in January 1998 and continues to thrive in Morehead City.
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A photograph depicting a large vessel in port at Morehead City was discovered in the Carteret County Historical Society Archives. The vessel was identified as TAMPA class United States Coast Guard Cutter MODOC (WPG-46). Built in 1921 and kept in the port of Wilmington, MODOC served as a gunboat during World War II, on patrol in the Atlantic. On 24 May, 1941, MODOC witnessed the British attack the German battleship BISMARCK. MODOC continued to serve through the war and was decommissioned in 1947.
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Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Ethel Phillips traveled west to work at the Los Angeles Times covering the war. In 1943, Phillips joined the Marine Corps as an office administrator. This article details some of her experiences during the war and her eventual residency in Carteret County.
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