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Do you have information on these camps, or know family or friends who do? I’d love to connect with you to solve these mysteries.
🔎 Mystery #1
Memorial Slab
LOCATION
Shackleford Banks, behind Sam Windsor’s Lump
PHOTO 1983
AKA
“World War II Slab”
“Ship’s Crew Marker”
🔎 Mystery #2
Camp Art
LOCATION
Shackleford Banks–where?
INFORMATION
“Summer Home-Shackleford Banks”–1986–artwork signed Doug Bennett–from a yard sale
🔎 Mystery #3
Unknown Structure
LOCATION
uncertain
INFORMATION
Unidentified camp on the Banks, author Jack Dudley suspects it may be the Charlotte Outing Club.
🔎 Mystery #4
Augustine Robinson Camp
LOCATION
North or South Core Banks
INFORMATION
Back of photo appears to read “Hilda in the Banks years at house–1920s”
Hilda Dee Brickhouse -(01/20/1903-to 01/21/2007), father was Augustine Robinson and mother, Alice Morris–Hilda married Harry S. Brickhouse 02/04/1946–Atlantic, N.C. residence listed–Augustune and Alice contributed property to build the Missionary Church in Atlantic
Seeking info on their Banks home?
🔎 Mystery #5
The Deacon and the Devil
LOCATION
Core Banks? likely North Core
INFORMATION
NPS photo linking possibly to Garland and Jay Fulcher of Sea Level.
🔎 Mystery #6
Cemetery Remains
LOCATION
?Bay Marsh Creek, Portsmouth
INFORMATION
Headstones were recovered from shallow water by Park service and Ellen Cloud (?and others).
🔎 Mystery #7
1912 Hunting Camp
LOCATION
Carteret County–?on the Banks
INFORMATION
NC Digital Collection, PhC42_Bx17–labeled as “Hunting_Camps_F2”
🔎 Mystery #8
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
Core Banks, likely North Core
INFORMATION
from NPS archives, photo survey of Banks
🔎 Mystery #9
Unidentified Cabin
LOCATION
Near Horse Island
INFORMATION
From NPS survey of structures in preparation for establishment of Cape Lookout Seashore.
🔎 Mystery #10
Shackleford Camp
LOCATION
Shackleford Banks–?Bottle Run Point
INFORMATION
Unidentified sturdy structure–photo from Park Service archives—owners? Their story?
🔎 Mystery #11
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, 14.4 miles North of (the then) Drum Inlet
INFORMATION
Photos from Park Service aerial survey–undocumented owner or creek setting
🔎 Mystery #12
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, 14.2 mi. North of (then) Drum Inlet
INFORMATION
From aerial NPS survey around 1971–location and owner not identified
🔎 Mystery #13
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, 13.5 mi. north of Drum Inlet
INFORMATION
Red cabin on an unidentified island–from NPS aerial structural survey, likely 1971
🔎 Mystery #14
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, 12.3 mi. north of Drum Inlet
INFORMATION
From NPS aerial structure survey–site and camp name not documented
🔎 Mystery #15
Nine Islands Camp
LOCATION
Rush Island, due East of Shell Point, Harkers Island
INFORMATION
All that remains of the early 1900s Lodge of Edwin Binney–creator of Crayons
(seeking photos and history)
🔎 Mystery #16
Unidentified Camp
LOCATION
Merkel Hammock camp
INFORMATION
No identification of owner or details–from 1971 aerial survey of structures by NPS
🔎 Mystery #17
Unidentified Merkle Hammock Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, Merkel Hammock
INFORMATION
No ownership data–from aerial survey of structures by NPS-1971
🔎 Mystery #18
Merkle Hammock Camp
LOCATION
North Core Banks, Merkel Hammock
INFORMATION
No ownership data
🔎 Mystery #19
Harkers Island Group
LOCATION
North Core Banks, on the prior site of the Pilentery Club
INFORMATION
In later years, not long preceding NPS takeover, a group of hunters from HI established a camp to hunt ponds and geese (no photos or other info)
