Ocracoke History

September 2014 Editor’s note: The Observer is printing historic news sto­ries about Ocracoke in each issue. Last month’s issue in­cluded a report of “mysterious ships”...

Editor’s Note: This article ap­peared on page one in the Green­ville News, Aug. 3, 1921. If anyone has any knowledge of “mysterious ships” appearing...

By Kelley Shinn Anyone who has spent at least a few seasons on Ocracoke will tell you that things here happen differ­ently. Often, despite what...

Islander Eleanor Garrish: from Dust Bowl to Ocracoke Part 3 July 2015 Compiled by Pat Garber Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series. Home...

This lecture took place on Oct. 23, 2012 at the Ocracoke library.   The Cuban Missile Crisis was  a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the...

June 2015 Compiled by Pat Garber Editor’s note: This is a three-part series, look for the last in­stallment in the July Issue. Having made her de­cision to...

If you have any interest in Ocracoke's rich  cultural  history, the Ocracoke Preservation's  Society David William's House Museum is  a must see when visiting...

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...

Remembering Wayne  Teeter By  Pat Garber April 2014 Ocracoke old-timers believed that when an Ocracoker was go­ing to die, the island’s roost­ers would crow repeatedly in mournful...

July 2013 By Pat Garber Off the coast of east­ern North Caro­lina lies the re­mote island of Portsmouth, renowned for birds, sea­shells, and history. Acces­sible only...