Guest Column: Before North Carolina had the Outer Banks it had a thriving commercial coast

By Larry E. Tise, Ph.D., Historian There was a time — not so long ago — when North Carolina had neither Outer Banks nor a Graveyard of the Atlantic.  A time when most residents along the Carolina coast thrived economically on fishing, hunting, timbering, and agriculture — just as Indians had for thousands of years. … Continue reading Guest Column: Before North Carolina had the Outer Banks it had a thriving commercial coast