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🟡 STRONG RESEARCH VOLUME
OWNERS
Dr. Laurie Moore
Judy Spitsbergen (daughter)
erected 1935
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
camp #45 on 1977 NPS structure survey
LOCATION
Shackleford Banks, Whale Creek area
Story
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Dr. Moore’s Camp
45–Judy Spitsbergen and L. W. Moore, Jr.
Beaufort, Marshallberg and Morehead City
erected in 1935–moved after the war
shallow driven well-2 hand pumps
was the old Coast Guard barracks in WWII
(beach patrols
“Army built it?”–was CG barracks
“had showers and kitchen–CG had horses for patrolling”
Sheep dipping vat on South side
well secured
drum septic
defined as a dwelling in fair condition
wood frame on untreated wood
asphalt shingles
painted white with black trim
4 rooms 3 bedrooms
asbestos siding
interior drywall, unfinished, plank interior
pump in kitchen
well yes/ septic -yes
700 sq ft plus
2 doors 8 windows
fireplace
Sitting on the porch of his camp.
Edna Heslep/ Bjerke (his nurse and friend) had the shore-side camp seen above and in the distance, Dr. Moore’s camp is seen at the head of Whale Creek.
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Dr Laurie Moore’s camp was the most frequent site of Jim Rumsfeld’s visits to Shackleford as a teen.
Jim was at the camp with Judith Spitzbergen at times, with the Marine Science Program, and she later taught him at West Carteret High School–Judith offered overnight retreats on Shackleford to West Carteret High School students , Jim included.
Dr Moore’s cabin had a small covered porch and (by JIm’s guess) was 20 by 25 feet–main sitting area to right and kitchen behind with a hand pump (and glass bottle of water to prime the pump) and to the left of the door were two compartments–at least one with bunk beds
Jim does not remember any outhouse or out buildings–details have faded with the year–“the roof was a low frame type.”
Judith–taught with the Regional Marine Science Project of Carteret County and later then served as curator for the Hampton Mariners Museum–responsible for education of visitors.
She was influential in the establishment of the NC Maritime Museum and served as Executive Director of the Beaufort Historical Assn.
Judy is seen here teaching along the Shackleford Banks shore.
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seen from the ocean side–looking to Back Sound and Whale Creek
In the camp’s latter years, it appears a little run-down.
View of the Moore Camp from rear of Ms. Edna’s camp.
Credits
- NPDS files and archives
- Edna Heslep ( remarried-Bjerke)–“The Country Doctor and His Nurse”
- Jim Rumsfeld–Beaufort and Chapel Hill
- Other references within text