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Cape Hatteras Seashore Recreation I
Area Preserves Charm Os Outer Banks
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Establishment of the Cape Hat
teras National Seashore Recreation
Area along the rugged coast of North
Carolina adds another “first” to the
colorful history of the Outer Banks j
as the scene of events which have had j
far-reaching effect on development of j
the Western Hemisphere. For this I
remote, picturesque region now be- j
comes the home of America’s first j
National Seashore.
“Cape Hatteras has perhaps one of ]
the most interesting heroic sea his- 1
tories in the entire United States, if,
not in the world.” said Conrad Wirth- j
director of the National Park Service,
during a 1952 visit to the Banks. |
Plans for the development of the area
call for setting up a museum to “tell
the story of the sea.” The develop-*
ment of the Park, which started with
an Act of Congress in 1937 but was ,
interrupted by World War 11, will
mean new prosperity and increased (
public attention for the Outer Banks, j
Paving has been completed on the'
highway from Nags Head to Hatteras
byway of the free Stake ferry across
Oregon Inlet, but this Outer Banks
highway is no boulevard yet, as it
takes several years for roads of this
typo to be stabilized, and visitors
should be prepared to make detours
along the way and to anticipate de
lays at Oregon Inlet because the ca
pacity of the ferry will not accommo
date unusually heavy traffic.
Actual development of the Park
must await acquisition of additional
acreage, but the highway has already
opened up the area to visitors and
private enterprise has constructed '
year ’round accommodations on the
Banks.
Rich In History
On the shores of the Outer Banks
the first English flag was flown in
the New World when a little band
of adventurers led by Sir Walter Ra
leigh landed at Roanoke Island in
1584. In 1585 the first English colony •
was established on this spot, lasting '
scarcely a year. The subsequent “Lost ■
Colony” of English settlers who van- :
ished from the place remains famous
as the first great mystery in Ameri
can history, and as the birthplace of
the first child born in America of
English parentage.
From the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk
in 1903 two Ohio brothers named Wil
bur and Orville Wright successfully
launched the first flight of a power
driven airplane—and again the course
of destiny for new world and old was
sharply altered, just as British coloni
zation of 'the region altered the des
tiny of the English-speaking people. |
A symphonic drama on Roanoke (
Island, entitled "The Lost Colony” |
and written by North Carolina Play
wright Paul Green, has since 1937
dramatized the story of the English
settlers and has been seen by more
than 550,000 people since it was origi
nally presented to commemorate the
350th anniversary of the birth of
Virginia Dare. On the site of the
Wright Brothers’ history- making ven
ture into the air, a 60-foot granite
monument is visiting by thousands of
tourists every year.
For the past few centuries legend
and history have grown side by side
in the Banks area, and the Bankers
themselves, closely identified with
maritime activity and the men who
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go down to the sea in ships, have
retained speech and customs handed
down to them from the 16th century.
Mariners have long known and feared
(the stormy and reefs of the region;
| pirates in bygone days favored its in
j accessibility. Fishing and warning
l sailors against nautical hazards, or
j rescuing them from the teeth of reefs
jand hurricanes —these have been the
! Bankers’ chief interests for years.
] More recently, they have turned to
‘guiding, feeding and housing the visi
tors who have discovered the region
■ from the mainland as ferry service,
bridges afld improved roads gradually
[made it accessible as a recreational
area.
To Preserve Quaint Charm '
1 Acquisition of lands and designa- ,
tion of Park boundaries will not des- ,
’ troy the picturesque villages or molest
the homes and fishing craft of the
I Bankers, The first legislation toward
| setting up the Park provided that 1
I villages and other areas under de- s
velopmeivt within the area should be s
excluded. Because of extensive com- *
mercial development on the upper *
Banks, the original overall plans for ■*
the Park have been altered; they *
would have included the entire terri- j
tory north of Bodie Island to the *
Virginia line, but now extend from *;
State Highway 158 near Roanoke J
Island Sound bridge causeway to Oc-
racoke Inlet.
Excluding all villages on the Banks, ?
the Park area embraces approximately
52 square miles and 33,000 acres. Os |
this, more than 8,000 acres is already *
owned by State and Federal govern- *
ments, having been acquired through ®
the Cape Hatteras National Seashore ®
Commission established by an act of €
the North Carolina Legislation in *
1939. h
Since the Recreation Area lands a
will be public property, both village ?
residents and outsiders will have free Y
access to the ocean, although it will
be necessary for the Park Service to *
adopt safety regulations as to surf- J
fishing and bathing and parking areas. 1
Fishing and hunting rights in Pam- !
lico Sound waters were reserved to the f
people. State and Federal hunting .
and fishing regulations will apply to
waters both inside and outside the
Recreational Area boundary rights.
The Federal legislation authorizing
the recreational area also stated that
hunting will be permitted on Ocracoke
Island, on the waters of the sound,
and on not mb re than 2,000 additional
acres of the recreational area outside
the Pea Island refuge and its waters*
|(a game preserve). The Park Service
! has mapped plans for the formation of
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a committee to select the 2,000-acre,
hunting site as soon as lands for the
Recreation Area are aenuired.
Difficulties Surmounted
The history of the National Seashore
project has been almost as storm
shaken as the seas and sands of the
area itself. The idea of preserving ■
the unique region a.s a coastal play
ground for the nation was formed !
17 years ago, but war ani a poten
tial oil boom interrupted. One of the
first men to recognize the possibilities
for the Park was Lindsay Warren,
then First District Congressman from [
North Carolina and now Comptroller
General of the United States. It was
largely due to his efforts that the i
Federal Government, in early 1934, J
launched a program of reforestation in 1
the proposed Park area. This was fol- ‘
lowed by the salvaging of the famous 1
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, an impres- 1
sive structure which had been aban- I
doned in the early 1930’s because of 5
encroaching seas. Sand fences and <
the planting of hardy beach grasses 1
helped rebuild the Cape for more than i
a mile. The lighthouse was saved, :
and last year it was completely .over- 1
hauled and put into operation again. ,
In 1937 Congressman Warren, with
the approval of Outer Banks resi
dents, succeeded in getting Congress
to pass legislation providing for the
establishment of the “Cape Hatteras
National Seashore.” This legislation,
in addition to excluding much devel-
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vides that legaj residents of the vil
lages be permitted to earn a living by
fishing within the boundaries of the
National Seashore, subject to such
rules and regulations as the Secre
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