NC Maritime Museum : BEAUFORT

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Upcoming dates on the Why Sharks Matter Reading Frenzy tour: September 19: Duke University, Durham NC September 20: NC Maritime Museum, Beaufort NC September 22: NC museum of natural sciences, Raleigh NC Duke University North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Johns Hopkins University Press ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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On this day in 1899, the crew from the U.S. Life-Saving Station Portsmouth rescued Capt. Bill Gaskill and his wife Annie from the 441-ton vessel Fred Walton. The ship had broke its moorings and drifted onto Hog Shoal in Pamlico Sound where it broke in two.To the north on Hatteras Island, life-saving crews were busy as well. Little Kinnakeet surfmen rescued seven survivors from the schooner Robert W. Dasey, which had run aground high on the beach. At Creeds Hill, surfman F. J. Rollinson discovered that the Diamond Shoals Lightship had broken anchor from the outer shoals and ran ashore on the beach. Nine crewmen onboard were rescued with the breeches buoy. The stormy conditions were caused by a strong hurricane later known as the San Ciriaco storm, named for the day it hit Puerto Rico, August 8th, the feast of Saint Cyriacus (Ciriaco in Spanish).📷 Diamond Shoals light vessel after the storm waters subsided. ... See MoreSee Less

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In 1973, Carolista Fletcher Baum helped form the People to Preserve Jockey’s Ridge. That same year, the Division of Parks and Recreation issued a report in favor of preserving Jockey’s Ridge as a state park, and the General Assembly appropriated funds to create the park in 1975. A worthy candidate for a historical marker!On August 15, 1973, Carolista Fletcher Baum placed herself in the path of a bulldozer removing sand from Jockey’s Ridge and refused to move. The driver cut off the engine and talked with Baum, who, after some time, left the dune unscathed. When the operator left, Baum took the distributor cap so the machine would not start.Baum received word of the bulldozer from her three children who long had climbed the dune for the spectacular views it offered.Though local groups had talked about protecting the large dune from encroaching development for years, Baum was the driving force that made the idea a reality. She helped form the People to Preserve Jockey’s Ridge after her dramatic protest, raising money and organizing petition drives to capture the attention of state and local lawmakers.She even drove to Raleigh every day for three weeks to keep the dune in the minds of legislators.In 1973, the Division of Parks and Recreation issued a report in favor of preserving Jockey’s Ridge as a state park, and a year later the dune was declared a National Natural Landmark. When the General Assembly appropriated funds to create the park in 1975, the preservation of the dune was secured for generations to come. **We have received a historical marker application for Baum and it will be considered by the advisory committee in December--so stay tuned!** ... See MoreSee Less

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On this day in 1848, Congress appropriated $35,500 for several navigational beacons and a lightship on the Cape Fear River. The list of new lights included the following locations: Oak Island, Price's Creek, Orton's Point, Campbell's Island, Upper Jetty, and a lightship at Horseshoe Shoal.Regarding the Oak Island beacons, there were actually two range markers constructed from this project. They were brick structures placed about 130 yards apart near Fort Caswell. Because of the location, the small light towers were often referred to as the Caswell Lights. They were destroyed during the Civil War, in 1866 a new set of lights were established.Image: Cape Fear River mouth from 1866 chart ... See MoreSee Less

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Fish Friday!It was during the second week of August in 1960 that David McAllister of Biscoe caught the first tarpon of the season at Thompson's pier on Bogue Banks. The fish weighed 93.5 lbs. and was 5 ft. 11 1/2 in. long. McAllister beat his personal record by 3 pounds, he caught that fish the previous year. Thompson's steel pier was built in 1954 on the eastern end of Emerald Isle (at the current East Regional Beach Access). At the time there was no paved road to the location, Earl Thompson used a surplus U.S. Marine Corps half-track to bring in the materials. The name of the pier was changed in 1961 to Emerald Isle Pier. It was in operation until 1996. Some notable history from the pier included: damage from hurricane Hazel in 1954, dances were held every weekend at the pier's pavilion in the early years, one time Women's state record flounder and tarpon were caught from the pier, a 103 lb. cobia was caught there holding the record for 23 years, severe damage and destruction from hurricanes Bertha and Fran 1996.Image: Carteret County News-Times August 9, 1960, photo by Bob Simpson. ... See MoreSee Less

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