Islander Eleanor Garrish: from Dust Bowl to Ocracoke Part 1
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...
Collectors flock to Dave O’Neal’s Downpoint Decoy Shop
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...
Ocracoke United Methodist Church to celebrate 75 years on Sunday
Both island churches celebrate anniversaries this year and the Ocracoke United Methodist Church will be the first one to celebrate its 75th anniversary on...
Eleanor Garrish reaches 100-year milestone
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...
Ocracoke Foundation to film your stories of Community Square; fundraising campaign...
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...
From the archives: Coupe Poor Submarine Carolina Man Learns
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This story was picked up by several national news sources, including the Daily Review (Hayward, California) in...
Where did Mary Ann’s Pond go?
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...
Observed on Ocracoke: fishing with Morty Gaskill
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...
Beach discovery is a prehistoric portal in time
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...
WW2 project seeks islanders to interview
The WW2 History Archive is looking for any and all civilians and retired military service people to interview for a comprehensive book on World...