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Thomas Jarvis | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
Thomas Jarvis was born in 1836 in what is now Jarvisburg. The son of Elizabeth and Bannister Jarvis, a Methodist minister and farmer, the Jarvis family roots ran deep in North Carolina, the name appearing in official records as early as the 1690s.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/jarvis-235×146.jpg
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The Pea Island Cookhouse | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
The Pea Island Cookhouse Museum in Manteo may be the smallest museum on the Outer Banks, but what the building represents far outstrips its size.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Untitled-2-235×146.jpg
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The USS Huron | Outer Banks Shipwrecks | Carolina Designs
Nothing Was Possible – The Horror of the Sinking of the USS Huron, with court records and accounts of that tragic night.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Untitled-1.jpg
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The Metropolis | Outer Banks Shipwrecks | Carolina Designs
There were problems almost immediately. Even in the comparatively calm waters of Delaware Bay, she began taking on water, and when the ship got to the open sea off Cape May conditions worsened.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/metropolis.jpg
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The M&E Henderson | Outer Banks Shipwrecks | Carolina Designs
The sinking of the M&E Henderson ship, largely forgotten by history, set in motion a series of events that had huge implications.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/richard.jpg
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Wild Horses Of The Outer Banks | Outer Banks Animals | Carolina Designs
The wild horses that freely roam the beaches of Corolla are certainly a sight to see while visiting the Outer Banks. From your friends at Carolina Designs.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/wild-horses-e1644991509132.jpeg
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Outer Banks and WWII | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
What was at stake at the Outer Banks during WWII? Find out the horrific and intense Atlantic battle that occurred along the coast of North Carolina.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/OB-WWII-Mines-1-submarine-553×373-1.jpeg
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History of Outer Banks Fishermen | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
The true story of the livelihood of fishermen in the Outer Banks and how this agricultural industry developed over time.||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/History-of-OB-Fishingsmall-553×431-1.jpeg
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History of the Outer Banks and the First Flight! | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
A trip to the OBX is incomplete without knowing its rich history. Kill Devil Hills is one of the oldest towns, it’s even the location of the 1st flight!||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/wright-brothers-kitty-hawk-first-flight.jpeg
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The Spirit of Kitty Hawk Returns: Igor Benson and His Gyrocopter | Outer Banks History | Carolina Designs
Igor Benson created the gyrocopter, a cross between a helicopter and propeller-driven plane. It’s inexpensive and easy to fly, but how long did it last?||https://pages.carolinadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Igor-Bensen-Gyrocopter-Air-and-Space-Museum-e1631031849714.jpeg