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“By your courage in tribulation, by your cheerfulness before the dirty devices of this world, you have won the love of those who have watched you.”
- Guy Chapman
Dedicated: November 11, 1991.
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“Currituck” is from the Algonkian word meaning “land of the wild goose.”Currituck Sound is located in Currituck and Dare Counties in Northeast North Carolina.
Currituck Sound, a brackish water estuary separated from the . . . — — Map (db m257087) HM
In Honor of the
Roanoke Island Historical Association
The eight men in this May 1931 picture are shown selecting the site for the Waterside Theatre, where they planned to produce a pageant commemorating the 350th anniversary of the first . . . — — Map (db m257630) HM
Residents of the Albemarle Sound Region made illegal liquor long before the moonshining industry became popular in the Appalachian Mountains.
The desolate swampland in northeastern North Carolina was ideal for concealing stills. The . . . — — Map (db m276336) HM
Hatteras Island is sometimes called a sand bar or a slender strip of sand. Despite its fragile appearance, the island has been here geologically for a very long time.
Hatteras Island is surrounded by water that can be gentle and fun. That water . . . — — Map (db m191423) HM
In 1874, the U.S. Treasury Department
extended its network of lifesaving stations to North Carolina. Employment was open to qualified men regardless of color, but it was seasonal. Pay was low. Risks were high. When the small crews were not . . . — — Map (db m257241) HM
Salvo was originally named Clarks or Clarksville. It borders Cape Hatteras National Seashore to the south. Salvo separated from the two villages to its north by a cow pen. Villagers were known for their productive island gardens and musicality . . . — — Map (db m256500) HM
As we mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the women's right to vote, we honor our foremothers — the brave women suffragists around the United States who protested and picketed for their constitutional right to vote. The ratification of . . . — — Map (db m276339) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
