The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-23
Notes From >ag'> Head.

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tFl-"erA4! tflfs I" NAS : hc''2 from lila
beth tatX. The boat left the wharf At
Y.4tngk and mad. tl..4 ,rs., ~ fr, A. y. 1.. n,
Yi-aur f,ur Hatrs T + In ~.
>,unl 49,. ~,.s9 - ,..t5 4....s-'..
that ,t.., g.. -. ~, - r., .t 80,
and -attfh th..< ..r.feh,.,i ,y,,> w.. f,v.x
the ~, could reach l...u.. lh. u.o.tb~ ID
Pert,utnau, aud Ahstt.F r.r,r, The
..~hrnaudoab - \.N Y.rk i.u.,..
nifi..ut wheel propeller Of SIS TONS fs.-
then. She was buIt e-peclall, for The
route. ruuf.ins, from Fiz,h.tb t,r, ~.
N-w R.rue f..gsbin.,.af thi, ,,5rr.n ana ,t,.
vay
\ag-, Head isa mart of !, Ions, ,..uIn.,t
Ia strrtehin.- rom Norfolk Ia OREGON n.
ef and AT MS t4ajnt -,.at4r,ttitts, the s,f.-r.
OF the Atlantic from those III Roanoke
sound During ;h.. early wear. ~ tt...e cen
tur, the coast was luhabited bv wreeker,
Who deceived x..,>4.l~ 81, Tho beach m tIr,..
,f storms N4ar ms mint .,,t ola ,>.r....t.
ar was accustomed 10 take out his MAJ, on
stormy uiasht~. ti,.. l.mp on her head. ne
this to = foot and }ett cr afon.c thp beach.
Thi, produced a 9nbbliug rait. sailors
thouohf If yy.,. = b.a,oi, lyLt and r.ad.
for the shore They were shipwrecked
and the shipS laa::iy was seized hv the
ureckcrS- hence the name.
Roanoke Island lies To the west Ii was
made lannon's IN the ciy.I war Jul\
1854 Sir Walter kal.iuh landed ana "A
tnmnt.d ~ no.,l,a ! s,.ttIe,n,.nr uni~sn,
posed tn have entered The sound by M IN
let which j. nov tiled up lie hiiIIt Fort
Raleigh The old foundations are 9tll
visible hlIt he Snot i covered over with =.
growth uf pin. holly and doc wood TN,
u.pt ,o,i,,,,,o,tsnf Tho ,,r.,t Fu,li.t
man who first undertook to plaut nm Fin
dish colony ,yifIjn. limits of rhc ,,r..,t
American reuuhlj-
Manteo. ON the south side of the Island
! was n.rnpl in h,unt. of the Indian chief
who nnc.. Owned th, Ind Thr., c.rtu-
rio. .,gn H.. .,,i al. hardy .,yorrinrs wan
/ dara3 ~ win ato.,n,, th.ss untracled for
ass. hut NOW >yhat ! rh,no,.' Tho corrol
mo tooth az Time aided hv the do>truc-
tive band Of .ivilizatiou has almost swent
/ thn nolIn rod MAJ, from, iStuuc, and som
IL. uiIl I l.o, ,,,,l,. ~ In. ,,.,...s ,r hi.
! tory
! III, mart of tho peninsul, known ~
! Na",. lid i comnnsed almost entirely
! nf Sand II was formed nerl,ansbx wash
mos from IA. ,..r and derniitS If srdi
mr,t from IN. oonnd Numerous hills of
/ .and ann.a, har,..,nd tbarn Thry ,rn
Ita1r If
.n, hron1o. ON. ,,,..,r ~. hntnI .,,. ,I,,..d
some thirt, farI in t,n wears X now hiohrr
than the hotel and threatens to oNcrNhclu
/ if at no distant daN
The hotel ! :. laron huiIdino but i NOT
t;.tII, ~ ,,l,,.,. al.'|,a,7l, |,u, ana ,,n,.
commodious house on the sea shore would
doubtless be a paying investment >tea-
mers come within five hundred cards Of
the hotel and a mule answers for steam
power on the truck road from the pier
| head
The cottages are unique in design and
! construction. Some are built on piles
driven down in the waters of the Sound
| others rest quietly on their sandy founda
tons famed by the sea brcezes in the dav
and by the land breczes. which are cooled
somewhat bv their passage over the Sound
during the night.
We went up 10 the hotel, registered.
took sumner and went to sleep The next