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Blackbeard Legends
Many legends about Blackbeard have been handed down from generation to generation. I have personally always loved the history of Hatteras and Ocracoke Island. Of course, Blackbeard’s stories are always the most
...Hatteras Island is full of history and mystery. Since today is Halloween, we thought it would be fun to share some of the island’s local folklore and spooky tales.
Ghost Cat of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
98 years ago today, the Carroll A. Deering was shipwreck just off the shores of Hatteras and has been a mystery ever since.
Was it a mutiny, hurricane, pirates, or something else that caused this ship to run aground? ...
RODANTHE, N.C. – The Chicamacomico Historical Association has received two commissioned paintings that depict the 1918 rescue of 42 sailors from the HMS Mirlo, a British oil tanker, by Chicamacomico Keeper John Allen Midgett Jr. and his brave crew of surfmen from...
August 18, 1899
The Priscilla, a barentine hailing from Baltimore, was on course for Rio when it was ran aground by the intense winds of hurricane San Ciriaco. At 3 a.m. Rasmus Midgett was on beach patrol headed southward from Gull Shoals Lifesaving Station when he came
...The water’s off of the Outer Banks are filled with history and mystery. One of the greatest unsolved mysteries is that of disappearance of Theodosia Burr.
In 1812 the wife of the South Carolina governor, Theodosia Burr, set sail from South Carolina to New York aboard the ship
...Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a lightkeeper?
The position of lightkeeper was to keep the light station in tip-top condition and keep watch for ships passing by the Diamond Shoals. The lightkeeper’s had a list of duties that needed to be done,
...Considered one of the most dramatic operations in US Coast Guard History, the remarkable rescue of the Mirlo conducted by the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station on August 16th 1918 will be celebrating its 100th year anniversary. The Life-Saving station will be hosting a week-long celebration...
