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Story
Decoys
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🟡 LIMITED RESEARCH VOLUME
OWNERS
Wesley Salter
Peck Salter
post WW II
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
Associations
LOCATION
Southern Core Banks
Story
do you know more? contact me.
Wesley and Peck Salter Camp
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Wesley and Peck Salter’s camp was located on South Core Banks just 4 miles across Core Sound from the Oyster Creek in Davis. The camp was built on the main banks just across Swash Creek from the Horse Island, 1.1 mile north of the NPS’s North Dock (AKA Carlie’s dock), 3/10’s of a mile north of my father, Monroe Nelson’s and Elmer Salter’s camps, and just 75 yards north of the NPS’s back road ramp at mile marker 28. The camp was located close to the creek and had a dock with a walkway going all the way up to their cabin. From the aerial photo and the wide angle eye level photo, it is the camp on the far left. The two single pictures are good close-ups. This owner information was provided by Linda Piner Willis, daughter of Clinton Piner, via our phone conversation of 1-14-2024 and also Sammy Salter. Linda said Wesley and Peck Salter lived at Davis and they and their family stayed to the camp a lot. Sometimes Grady Davis, a good friend, would come with them. The camps of Braxton Piner, Charles and Clinton Piner, and Elmer Dewey Willis were located nearby. The camps of Monroe Nelson and Elmer Salter were just 3/10 of a mile south.
Ricky Nelson
Salter Camp in the rear–to the north
Just as a disclaimer, the maps you have of Core Banks indicates that the name of what I call Swash Creek is listed as Horse Island Creek. Even Google Earth has it listed as Horse Island Creek. I have never heard of it being referred to as Horse Island Creek by any of my family or residents of Stacy, Davis or Sea Level, so I will call it by its name known to me as “Swash Creek”.–RN
Credits
- Ricky Nelson contribution of identification and text–Thanks!
- NPS archives and files
- Other references within text