Ocracoke History

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Ocracoke Light Station this year with a series of events this year...

By Chester Lynn This spring, as I was taking a scud around the island, I was looking over the Ocracoke fig trees that were sprouting....

By Connie Leinbach Long gone voices from Ocracoke’s past will be heard describing life here during World War II in a special presentation by North...

By Connie Leinbach The Ocracoke Light Station is the heartbeat of the island and should be preserved. So said Mickey Hoggard via her neighbor Trudy Austin....

By Connie Leinbach Duck decoys made on Ocracoke are some of the most unusual ever crafted. That’s the assessment of Chase Luker of New Holland on...

By Peter Vankevich Scott Dawson is on a mission for the Lost Colony truth. The native of Hatteras Island, or as he might prefer, Croatoan, has...

To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here Note: While preparing a Birds of Ocracoke profile on the Savannah  “Ipswich” Sparrow, a...

Since 4th of July events on Ocracoke were canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic,  we thought it  would be interesting to take...

Professor Hannah Gill, associate director, Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, will be on...

To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here By Peter Vankevich Sallie Senseney, a tenth-grade science teacher at her alma mater, Mountain Heritage...