Ocracoke History

August 2006 “I’m glad he showed up when he did. Morty jumped right in, he knows what he’s doing,” says Tom Payne about Morty Gaskill,...

  December 7, 1964 Dear Santa,      I am five years old and my Sister is two years old. We would like you to bring us...

In August we reprinted an article from the Green­ville News, Aug. 3, 1921 about a mystery ship seen off of Ocracoke.  See Here.   We...

  Dec. 2014 By Pat Garber Jane Rowley, 69, a vet­erinarian who had served Ocracoke for years, died peacefully in her sleep Oct. 31 in the home...

Sad news on the island today as we learned that Leonard Meeker, former U.S. Ambassador to Romania from 1969 to 1973, died yesterday afternoon...

November 2014 By Ruth Fordon Rising artist, photogra­pher Melinda Fodrie Sutton will have her first gallery opening on Nov. 26 at Down Creek Gallery, 260 Irvin...

Note: This story was originally posted Nov. 19 then held for revisions and reposted Nov. 27. By Connie Leinbach It was moving day on Ocracoke.  House-moving day, that is. Earlier...

November 12, 2014 By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich The Ocracoke Preservation Society last night awarded the Berkley Manor, owned by Benjamin "Jamin" and Pam...

Note: Earl W. O'Neal, Jr. will be honored by receiving the Ocracoke Preservation Society's Cultural Heritage Award at the fall membership meeting from 6 to 9...

By Connie Leinbach New research by author-historian Kevin Duffus of Raleigh has revealed that the positive identification of an African-American member of Blackbeard’s crew provides...