Outer Banks History Center
Author | : Outer Banks History Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Research libraries |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Outer Banks History Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Research libraries |
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Author | : Sarah Downing |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1614239479 |
Little-known stories of North Carolina’s celebrated barrier islands, with photos included. The history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is as ancient and mesmerizing as its beaches. Much has been documented, but many stories were lost—until now. Join local historian Sarah Downing as she reveals a past of the Outer Banks eroded by time and tides. Revel in the nostalgic days of the Carolina Beach Pavilion, stand in the shadows of windmills that once lined the coast, and learn how native islanders honor those aviation giants, the Wright brothers. Downing’s vignettes venture through windswept dunes, dive deep in search of the lost ironclad the Monitor, and lament the decline of the diamondback terrapin. Break out the beach chair and let your mind soak in the salty bygone days of these famed coastal extremities.
Author | : Sarah Downing |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2014-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 162584767X |
The Outer Banks is much more than an idyllic vacation destination. A day at a time through history, it has claimed its place as a colorful region of the Old North State. Author and historian Sarah Downing offers a daily look at the quirky and fascinating stories from the region's four-hundred-year history. During a fierce hand-to-hand battle off Ocracoke Island on November 22, 1718, Lieutenant Robert Maynard killed the infamous pirate Blackbeard with five pistol shots and twenty sword cuts and slashes. On February 14, 1992, a sick seal caught a ride to safety on a Coast Guard patrol boat. Add a salty slice of history a day or a month at time with this celebration of Outer Banks heritage.
Author | : Outer Banks History Center Associates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
This is a brief history of the Outer Banks History Center with a description of its various collections of manuscripts, photographs, etc.
Author | : Chris Kidder |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2005-04-06 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 143962982X |
The Outer Banks of North Carolina have been a destination for seasonal visitors since Algonkian Indians hunted and fished on the islands. In 1584, English explorers arrived and before long were promoting the area as a land of natural abundance and beauty, pleasant weather, and kindly natives. Not much has changed in that respect. By the beginning of the 20th century, visitors and residents alike were using postcards to share the things that make the Outer Banks unique with family and friends in other places.
Author | : Rodney Barfield |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780807845370 |
The Outer Banks of North Carolina have had a lively and sometimes lurid history going back four centuries. These barrier islands, frequently battered by storms and hurricanes, were the site of the first English colony in North America and figured prominen
Author | : David Stick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sarah Downing |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2008-09-11 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1614234396 |
In this never-before-assembled collection of lost landmarks, historian Sarah Downing evokes the Outer Banks of yesteryear. Drawn from the vast collections of the Outer Banks History Center and from locals mourning the forever changed character of the area, these vintage images reflect the hotels, stores, restaurants and bandstands that appeared in the boom time following World War II but have since been lost to progress. An honorary native, Downing has preserved the Pirate's Ball at Nags Head Casino, Doc Watson playing at the Sound Side on Kitty Hawk Bay and grits at the El Gay in this collection of hangouts and haunts of yesterday's summer.
Author | : Sarah Downing |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467140910 |
Did you know that escapees from an escargot farm keep the snail police on their toes? The Outer Banks has a long history of unconventional characters and curious occurrences. A larger-than-life likeness of Sir Walter Raleigh was once beheaded in Manteo, and the town gave itself a royal makeover in honor of a visit from a princess. The village of Corolla was integral to the early years of the Space Race. Local author Sarah Downing shares these and many more offbeat tales.
Author | : Larry E. Tise |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2019-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469651157 |
Standing along the coast of today's Outer Banks, it can be hard to envision the barrier island world at Kitty Hawk as it appeared to Wilbur and Orville Wright when they first arrived in 1900 to begin their famous experiments leading to the world's first powered flight three years later. Around 1903, the islands and inland seas of North Carolina's coast were distinctive maritime realms--seemingly at the ends of the earth. But as the Wrights soon recognized, the region was far more developed than they expected. This rich photographic history illuminates this forgotten barrier island world as it existed when the Wright brothers arrived. Larry E. Tise shows that while the banks seemed remote, its maritime communities huddled near lighthouses and lifesaving stations and busy fisheries were linked to the mainland and offered precisely the resources needed by the Wrights as they invented flight. Tise presents dozens of newly discovered images never before published and others rarely seen or understood. His book offers fresh light on the life, culture, and environment of the Carolina coast at the opening of the twentieth century, an era marked by transportation revolutions and naked racial divisions. Tise subtly shows how unexplored photographs reveal these dramatic changes and in the process transforms how we've thought of the Outer Banks for more than a century.