Beginning in the late 1700s, the federal and state governments installed some two dozen lighthouses along the North Carolina ... in 1872 on the Roanoke Sound side of Hatteras Island and reaches ...

Roanoke Island is one of the most unique destinations in North Carolina. Located near the Outer Banks (but not technically part of the barrier island chain), its landscape is filled with dense ...

It is believed in Eastern North Carolina that an insurrection has taken place among the several thousand runaway negroes on Roanoke Island. It is said that becoming enraged with the harsh usage ...