Ocracoke History

May 2015 Compiled by Pat Garber Editor’s note: This is a three-part series, look for the next in­stallment in the June issue. Part I: Growing up...

By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke’s first Waterfowl Festival on April 21 in the school gym will celebrate renowned island carver Dave O’Neal. When you step inside his...

Both island churches celebrate anniversaries this year and the Ocracoke United Methodist Church will be the first one to celebrate its 75th anniversary on...

Editor's note: Pat Garber spent many hours in 2014 interviewing Eleanor and wrote a three-part series published in the Observer in 2014 on her extraordinary life that you can...

The Ocracoke Foundation will be filming at the Community Square today (Monday, Aug. 1), from 7 to 10 a.m. and again from 5 to...

To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here This story was picked up by several national news sources, including the Daily Review (Hayward, California) in...

By Pat Garber If you ride or walk down the road that leads to Ocracoke’s Water Plant (officially the Ocracoke Sanitary District office) you’ll pass...

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Heading out of Oyster Creek in a 20-foot skiff with commercial fisherman Morty Gaskill, it is a cool November...

Editor’s note: Spellings of Croatan and Croatoan appear in this story. Neither is definitive. May 2015 By Pat Garber Standing on the shore of Ocracoke Island and...

The WW2 History Archive is looking for any and all civilians and retired military service people to interview for a comprehensive book on World...