Category: The History Of The Outer Banks
Billy Mitchell and the Outer Banks
August 9, 2019
Two
US battleships, the USS New Jersey and the USS Virginia, rest 300’ beneath the
waters of the A...
Outer Banks Shipwreck seen from land – Oriental aka “The Boiler”
June 14, 2019
We
may never know what caused the Oriental to run aground in May of 1862.
The
Delaware County (P...
Raleigh’s Historie of the World on the Outer Banks
May 7, 2019
There
is at the Outer Banks History Center at Roanoke Island Festival Park, a most
remarkable book. ...
The Miracle of the Mirlo Rescue
March 15, 2019
When a German torpedo struck the British Tanker Mirlo in the afternoon of August 16, 1918 off the co...
When War Raged Offshore | WWII on the Outer Banks
March 8, 2019
For six months, one of the most horrific battles of WWII raged along the sandy shoreline of the Oute...
The Sinking of U576 |Outer Banks Shipwrecks
February 13, 2019
The Sinking of U576
For most of 1942, the horrors of WWII lived on the doorstep of the Outer Banks....
A Shipwreck Mystery at Nags Head
January 24, 2019
The shipwreck that has come to rest beside the Nags Head Town Hall is now just a skeleton, the bones...
Historic Jarvisburg Colored School | A Unique Slice of Outer Banks History
January 10, 2019
It is a simple white wooden structure that stands beside the road in Jarvisburg. The sign out front ...
Mystery of the Sea | The Oldest North Carolina Shipwreck
December 20, 2018
All photos and images courtesy of the N.C. Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The pile of t...
Graveyard of the Atlantic | What’s in a name?
December 15, 2018
Why is it called the Graveyard of the Atlantic?
David Stick, a legendary Outer Banks author, and ...
Queen Elizabeth of the Outer Banks
November 21, 2018
Elizabeth R and the Queen
The Queen seems ubiquitous on the Outer Banks. That would be Queen Eliz...
FDR visits the Outer Banks
November 8, 2018
Mid August 1937—excitement was running high on the Outer Banks. President Roosevelt was coming to ...