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A Ferry Tale for All Seasons

2000

blue stormy ocean waves with white foam

Nov 28, 2016

The Catch: The Red Drum: First in Fish for North Carolina Recreational Anglers

Mention red drum to Jim Bahen and you are certain to transport him to that mystical place of all recreational anglers: the record book.
winter storm on Hatteras Island

Dec 15, 2001

Dreaming of a White Winter

If you think that a white Christmas on the Outer Banks is unusual, you haven't been around as long as Ignatius Doylon Midgett — I.D. to friends. "An Easter Sunday snowfall in 1939 was the heaviest I can ever recall," he says.
The Trent River laps up on a boat ramp in New Bern.

Dec 1, 2000

A HISTORIAN’S COAST: Goshen’s Land

As I drive east on Highway 58, the last landmark before the community of Goshen is the E. E. Bell farm. A long avenue of oaks and cedars veils an antebellum manor house with classical revival columns. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the 2,000-acre cotton plantation once belonged to James C. Bryan, Jones County's largest planter.

red wolf

Dec 1, 2000

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: Coyote Influx Threatens Red Wolf Survival

Coyotes. In popular conscious­ness, they slink through sagebrush and sand under a desert sky, frighten ranchers' cattle and howl at the Arizona moon. In truth, coyotes are just as likely to prowl under a North Carolina sky — and biologists with the federal red wolf re­establishment program are the ones who are howling.
vanishing oysters

Dec 1, 2000

The Vanishing Oyster: Stocks Are Declining in North Carolina

While Culpepper is laboring in the river, many of his neighbors are steaming oysters on a gas grill for the Mill Creek Oyster Festival. For the past 26 years, the festival has celebrated the delectable oysters harvested on the Newport River. Each year, people flock to the festival to get bowls of steaming clam chowder and plates full of fried seafood and steamed oysters.
image: the original Chicamacomico lifesaving station.

Dec 1, 2000

TREASURES OF CHICAMACOMICO: Architectural Gem Yields Rich Historical Bounty

Mention shipwrecks and treasures along the North Carolina coast, and most folks think of gold coins or ship’s cannons. But near Rodanthe, one treasure has more to do with the…

Nov 2, 2000

ANGLING FROM PIERS: Fall is Prime Fishing Season in North Carolina

As the sun begins to cast a metallic glaze over the deep blue water around Nags Head Fishing Pier, Jessica Massie dangles her rod over the wooden railing into more…

Oct 1, 2000

A HISTORIAN’S COAST: The Book of Nature

How the book ended up in Illinois remains a mystery. But that manuscript turned out to be the only surviving copy of Parker's Recollections in any library or archive in the United States.
Alton Ballance escorts teachers

Oct 1, 2000

OCRACOKE ISLAND: Teachers Explore Unique Culture

Ballance's war tale is just one piece of Ocracoke's rich history that he passes on to 23 teachers from across the state. For four days, the Ocracoke native, teacher, author and historian serves as a guide for the "Island People, Island Culture" seminar.
GW Gaskill

Oct 1, 2000

A Ferry Tale for All Seasons

Two blasts from the ship's horn and slips away from the Cedar Island The Carteret slips away from the Cedar Island ferry dock to begin the two-and-a-quarter hour Pamlico Sound crossing. Destination: Ocracoke Island.