Author: cabinculturesobx
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THE GOOD-THE BAD-AND THE UGLY–Cars on the Banks
The “Bad”– The “Ugly” The earliest examples of cars on the Southern Outer Banks were those brought to Portsmouth Village by residents, and later by fishermen. Also, The Channel Bass fishermen (the predecessors of the Davis Island Fishing Foundation) likely had cars in the 30s. 1931–Walker Styron’s Chevrolet in deep sand–Walker and Margaret Peale 1933…
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Developed Dunes?
Proposed Cape Lookout Beach Club–mid 1900s Prior to establishment of Cape lookout National Seashore, there were several attempts to develop the Banks, especially the Cape Lookout Bight area. A 1585 Indian village, 1731 whaler huts, and a couple centuries serving as sites for fisherman camps preceded these “modern” attempts. The establishment of the Park…
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CASABLANCA–
Belle of the Banks Scott Taylor photo ———————- “I stood on the shore of the Outer Banks, my gaze fixed on the horizon. I was 16, and I was waiting for the arrival of 18 egrets that returned every year. As time passed, doubt began to creep in, and my shoulders slumped. Could this be…
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Echoes of Life on Shackleford Banks
Shackleford Banks, adjacent to Cape Lookout, stretches to Bogue Inlet, across from Fort Macon. Connected to the Cape early in the century with only small cut-throughs of shallow water to cross, Shackleford Banks became physically separated from the Cape area with the dredging of Barden Inlet following the 1933 un-named hurricane, but the emotional and…
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James Mason
The Pilentary–its Origin Story Future posts will deal with Lawrence Pike, Theodore Rogers and the Mott family, but it all started and continued with James Mason and his family. The grandest of camps and lodges on the southern outer banks had its origin through one man and his family—James Mason. Through all the changes in…
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A Taste of Core Sound
The Lewis family lived at the west end of Shackleford Banks at an area called “The Mullet Pond”. With family ties to life on Shackleford since the mid-1700s and ongoing till establishment of Cape Lookout National Seashore, the historical and spiritual ties to the Banks shows broad multi-generational and deep roots. When their feet hit…
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Having Dinner at Home – The Mullet Pond
Nina Gordon Lewis gathered her girls—Kathryn Ray, Ina and Iris, along with her granddaughter into the skiff at the shore of Harkers Island on this and some other Sundays. As they climbed aboard, Nina told the girls: “we’re going to have dinner at home”. The skiff, loaded with a basket of food and a large…
