Pea Island Lifesavers
Inscription
Only U.S. Lifesaving
Station manned by black
crew. Led by Richard
Etheridge, 1880-1900.
Operated near here.
Location
Sources
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Fort Huger
Principal Confederate fort on Roanoke Island.
R. A. Fessenden
Inventor, Pioneer in radio communication, conducted wireless experiments, 1901-02, from a station, 600 yds. S.W.
Billy Mitchell 1879-1936
Hatteras, NC
Brigadier general of the Army Air Service, demonstrated air power by bombing battleships off coast, Sept. 5, 1923.
Confederate Forts
Hatteras, NC
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, 2 miles s. west, fell to Union troops on Aug. 29, 1861, after two days of heavy naval bombardment.
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hills, NC
On December 17, 1903, from site near foot of Kill Devil Hill, Orville and Wilbur Wright made first successful powered flight 1/5...