The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

AS a summer resort and one Of the
pushing and thriving towns of eastern
Carolina Morehead City has come to
be widely known throughout the State
and even far beyond the borders of
North Carolina, for at the hotels or
Morehead, during the summer months,
will be found guests from nearly every
quarter of the Union, who have come
hither in search of the health and pleas
ure advantages for which the place has
been noted. Here, too, the Teachers
Assembly of North Carolina has gone
to the expense of erecting Il handsome
and commodious building in which its
annual sessions are held during the sum
mer vacation 4 little distance across
the sound from Morehead, in plain view
from the verandaS of the hotel, is IA
nous old Fort Macon, around which
cluster many interesting historical facts
and incidents. A little to the left of
this, in plain view, is Beaufort, one
among the oldest and most interesting
towns of North Carolina, and the county
seat OF Carteret county.
Morehead occupies peculiarly adj
yantageous position as a health and
pleasure resort. 1t is famed day and
night by ocean breezes which blow con-
stantly landward, and are very refresh
ing to a tired and wearied constitution.
Bogue Sound is an ideal place for bath
ing, fishing, yachting, sailing, and all
sorts of water sports. These facts have
become known by people far and near.
and as consequence the town is every
summer flooded with tourists and pleas
IRE seekers from all parts of the coull-
try. The fish and oyster industry is
carried on extensively, some Of the larg-
est dealers in the country being located
here. Here the oysters are gathered
fresh from the sound, shucked at the
shucking. houses, packed in buckets and
kegs and shipped TO many of the large
Northern and Western markets, as well
as to many of the best home markets.
All Of the best qualities Of fish are also
found and caught here and shipped in
large quantities to the principal markets
in the Northern and Southern States.
In the winter season Bogue Sound is a
fayorite resort for water fowls. such as
ducks and geese, which congregate here
III large numbers on account of the con-
genial climate and splendid feeding
grounds. Morehead is consequently
great place for the sportsman who
enjoys the manoeuyreing of the feathery
tribe and coa1ing them into gunshot
range by all sorts of ingeniously con-
ceived decoys.
Morehead is located in Carteret coun-
ty. which according to a recent census,
contains 1926 souls, Of which number
Morehead claims LOGO.
Carterct county has the advantage of
the best harbor on the coast of North
Carolina. The county lies Immediately
on the sea coast, its general direction
being east and west, or nearly so. The
prevailing winds in summer being from
the south aud southwest, blowing direct
ly from the Atlantic ocean, over Beau
fort and Morehead City, make these
towns exceedingly healthy seaside re-
sorts. 1t is protected from the ocean
by narrow strips of beach and sand
hills, that are known as the banks. y
Between these banks and the mainland
are two narrow sounds, navigable for
small vessels, known as Cove and
Bogue Sounds. There are several ma
yigable creeks emptying into these