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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

14 hours ago

Everyone, meet dock cat! We pulled this May 1947 photo from our collection of a feline overseeing fish being shipped on the Hatteras ferry to celebrate National Cat Day (October 29). Show us your kitties in the comments! 😺#HatterasNC #nationalcatday #nchistory #maritimehistory ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

2 days ago

It's going to be hard to say farewell to Dianne Tetreault, but at least we got to send her off in style! Our longtime volunteer and Friends of the Maritime Museum board member is preparing to head out on a three-and-a-half year cruise circumnavigating the world. She officially sets sail in mid-December but will be leaving the area next month to finalize preparations for her next adventure. Check out the Carteret County News-Times feature on her trip (link is in the comments) and join us as we bid Dianne bon voyage! ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

4 days ago

Fish Friday!Mullet season is here (no, not the hair-do!)This picture was taken in the late 1930s at Browns Island in Onslow County. The fishermen are likely Gillikins and Lawrences from Otway in Carteret County, though. They would travel to their mullet camp near Browns Inlet every fall to harvest fish with seine nets. Mullet and mullet roe would be salted and packaged in barrels for the market.Some referred to Browns Island as Gillikin Island. Today the island is part of United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.📸 North Carolina State Archives ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

6 days ago

Captain William Hilton began his second reconnaissance voyage on October 24, 1663, up the Cape Fear River, documenting its inhabitants, wildlife and surrounding land. He was sent from the Caribbean Island of Barbados where suitable land to farm was in short supply. On this second visit, Hilton made note of the plentiful fish, fowl, and other wildlife of the region. Hilton was also impressed by the great swamps with numerous trees and the land which he felt had great potential for growing crops, further inland. However, he also later described the Cape Fear coast as, “A place fitter to starve Cattle, in our Judgement, than to keep them alive.” (p. 21 of Captain William Hilton’s Pamphlet)📸Facsimile of the title page of William Hilton's pamphlet #historylovers #maritimehistory #thisdayinhistory #nchistory #HistoryInAmerica ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

7 days ago

On October 23, 1908, the United States Life Saving Crew at Bodie Island used the breeches buoy apparatus to save all eight crew members, including the captain’s wife, from the wrecked schooner “Flora Rogers.” The 1879 schooner “Flora Rogers” was traveling from Georgetown, South Carolina, to New Haven, Connecticut, with a load of cypress lumber when it stranded one mile north of the U.S. Life-Saving Station Bodie Island. The survivors stayed at the station for 69 days until they could find passage home. 📸 Apparatus drill demonstration at the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station Historic Site, taken in 1989 or 1990. #thisdayinhistory #historylovers #maritimehistory #nchistory #crystalcoast ... See MoreSee Less

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