Category: The History Of The Outer Banks
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 ...
Becoming the Outer Banks
March 8, 2021
Driving along the Bypass or the Beach Road through the main Outer Banks towns of Kitty Hawk, Kill De...
The Sinking of the S.S. Home
February 19, 2021
The bones of ships are constantly sinking beneath the sands of the Outer Banks, then reappearing to ...
Outer Banks Books—History and Nonfiction
December 18, 2020
With over 400 years of history from the first attempt at a British colony in 1584 until today, the O...
The George A Kohler—The Story of the Charred Remains of the Ship
November 22, 2020
Today the George A. Kohler is the charred skeleton of a once proud ship resting on the beach a few m...
The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944
November 18, 2020
There is in some places a perception that hurricanes are frequent visitors to the Outer Banks. They�...
Fun Facts About The Outer Banks
August 3, 2020
Throughout it's rich history, the Outer Banks of North Carolina has long been a source of wonder, in...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore – How the Nation’s First National Seashore Came to Be
April 17, 2020
Stretching
from South Nags Head to Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of the
most beau...