Category: The History Of The Outer Banks
Unveiling the Hidden Harvest: Dare County’s Cranberry Legacy
December 8, 2023
Cranberries? In North Carolina? Of course—it’s well-known cranberries like colder weather in the...
Historic Shipwreck Makes an Appearance on Corolla Beach
June 13, 2023
Some new research may give some insights into what really happened during one of the most terrible O...
Our Family, Its History, Their Boats | Outer Banks Boat Building
September 7, 2022
Tracing the History of Outer Banks Boatbuilding
It was just after the Civil War that George Wash...
The Crabby Lady Suzanne Tate
August 16, 2022
It’s possible that Suzanne Tate will never slow down. Sure at 92 years of age, her reflexes have s...
Wanchese and the History of Outer Banks Fishing
March 21, 2022
Coming from the Outer Banks at the intersection of US64 Business and US64, there are some choices to...
Why is the Sign by the Road – The Story Behind the Signs
August 18, 2021
We pass highway markers all the time, those footnotes to history that North Carolina has placed alon...
A Ernest Mills Outer Banks Shipwreck
June 25, 2021
Terror on the High Seas
The Atlantic Ocean off the shoreline of the Currituck Banks was calm on t...
Forced off the Stage for a Year, The Lost Colony Reopens with Changes and Energy
June 9, 2021
Back for its 84th year, The Lost Colony is on stage again. It feels great to know that the oldest co...
Outer Banks Literature Quiz
May 28, 2021
With so many books written about the Outer Banks, reading about this strip of sand by the sea has be...
Outer Banks History Quiz
May 21, 2021
So you think you know something about the history of the Outer Banks? Let’s find out. Here’s our...
The Lost Colony Quiz
May 14, 2021
So, you think you know the Outer Banks? Let’s find out. Here’s our Lost Colony Test. In two par...
History of Outer Banks Town Names
March 30, 2021
The towns of the Outer Banks have very distinctive names. Mostly there's nothing at all that sounds ...