Category: Outer Banks History

The Outer Banks are a string of barrier islands spanning more than 200 miles along North Carolina's northeast coast. A piece of paradise you may call it. As the series "Outer Banks" has grown in popularity on Netflix, viewers may notice some differences from the show. The real Outer Banks is not too...

Dare County Courthouse as it appeared in 1904 when it was built.The 150th anniversary of the founding of Dare County happened just a few days ago. There will be a full year's worth celebrations to mark the event.When it was created there wasn't much here, which has a lot to do with why Currituck,

The Lost Colony. Pageantry and a great night of theater on Roanoke Island.The Lost Colony is now into its 82nd year, making it by a considerable margin, the longest running outdoor drama in North America.There's a good reason for that.The play has everything. Pageantry and wonderful costumes making

The Kitty Hawk Wright Brothers Monument on Moor Shore Road.Summer is here and the Outer Banks is alive and well and filled with guests. With everyone having a great time and enjoying the the sun, sand and surf, it can almost seem as though the Outer Banks just happened one day.That's not the case,

The Outer Banks as seen from Apollo 9 120 miles above the earth.March 3, 1969, 120 miles above the earth, Apollo 9 circled the globe, its primary mission was to test systems for the upcoming moon landing scheduled for Apollo 11. One of those tests was the first two person space walk ever

Andrew Lawler's The Secret Token.There is a new book out on the Lost Colony and it may be the most comprehensive study of the fate of the 115 colonists that has been published.Andrew Lawler's The Secret Token, Myth, Obsession and...

An image of the Pappy's Lane shipwreck during WWII.Pappy's Lane Shipwreck Yields Clues to Marine ARCHAEOLOGISTFor almost 50 years the shipwreck off Pappy's Lane in Rodanthe has been turning to rust. A forlorn, forgotten

Restored landing craft (LC) at a California museum.Science on the Sound Looks at Pappy's Lane ShipwreckFrom a shipwreck and marine archeology to harnessing the energy of the Gulf Stream, Coastal Studies Institute on Roanoke

Virginia Pars Map Holds Tantalizing Clues The Virginia Pars map.Will the mystery of the Lost Colony ever be solved? Probably not. That, at least, is the consensus of experts who gathered at an international symposium hosted by the...

Kites flying at Jockey's Ridge State Park during a Rogallo Festival.Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Something for the whole family? If that's the case, check out the Rogallo Kite Festival at Jockey's Ridge State