Rex O’Neal Gigging Flounders

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Posted Jun 21, 2017

This link will take you to a Coastal Voices audio of Rex O’Neal telling about the night that he fell overboard while gigging flounders off Portsmouth Island.

A Description of Occacock, 1795

By Philip Howard November 18, 2017

In New Bern, North Carolina, in 1795, Francois-X Martin published an eight-page pamphlet by Jonathan Price titled A DESCRIPTION OF OCCACOCK INLET*. Jonathan Price, a Quaker who had settled in North Carolina’s Pasquotank County soon after the American Revolution, had little formal education, but developed an interest in geography, surveying, navigation, and astronomy. He became […]

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The Hurricane of 1944

By Philip Howard October 21, 2017

Following is a transcript of a personal letter re. the 1944 hurricane on Ocracoke Island. It was written by the wife of one of the men who was stationed at the Ocracoke Navy Base. It was transcribed August, 2017, by Philip Howard. Paragraphs, photos, and annotations have been added for easier reading, interest & clarity. […]

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Island Stairsteps

By Philip Howard September 21, 2017

Instead of using the common terms “staircase” or simply “stairs,” older Ocracoke islanders are more likely to say “stairsteps.” I live in a typical small island “story and a jump” house with very steep and narrow stairsteps. One day I got to thinking about my and other unconventional stairsteps on Ocracoke. I have collected some […]

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Howard’s Pub of Ocracoke Island

By Philip Howard August 21, 2017

In 1978 Ron Howard, direct descendant of an early colonial owner of Ocracoke Island, decided to build a pub on his property at the edge of Ocracoke village. Many years before, in May, 1937, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners, in response to a petition signed by 132 “citizens, taxpayers, and voters,” had passed a […]

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Village Craftsmen of Ocracoke Island

Fine Selection of USA Handmade Crafts

Rex O’Neal Gigging Flounders