Traveling The Coast 



Historic Sites 



By Nancy Davis 



Photo by Gene Fun 



Phnio by Clay Nolen 



Reenacting the past at Fort 

 Macon (above); the Elizabeth II, 

 the centerpiece of America's 

 400th Anniversary celebration, 

 moored in Manteo harbor (right) 



Welcome to Sea Grant's tour of historic 

 North Carolina. For the next several pages, 

 we'll be taking a journey back in time — back to 

 the days when the first settlers were charting 

 the course for North Carolina. We'll begin our 

 adventure in the northern part of the state and 

 work our way south. Please hang on because 

 we'll be traveling back several hundred years 

 in time and making quite a few stops. Have a 

 pleasant journey. 



■ Historic Albemarle Tour, Albemarle Sound 

 region. Following the Historic Albemarle 

 Highway Tour is one of the best ways to get an 

 overview of the first years of the state's history. 

 You'll travel coastal highways to the Lost Col- 

 ony, Elizabethan Gardens, Somerset Place, 

 Belhaven Memorial Museum, Bath, the Hope 

 Plantation, Edenton, Halifax and Murfrees- 

 boro. Since our time is limited, we'll only stop 

 at a few of the sites. For information on others, 

 please call 919/482-7325. 



■ Historic Edenton. In Edenton, the towns- 

 people were defiant even before the Bostoni- 

 ans. In 1774, Edenton women held their own 

 tea party, signing a resolution supporting the 

 acts of the rebellious provincial congress. To- 

 day the town is known for its well-preserved 

 homes and buildings spanning 250 years. A 

 complete walking tour is $3 for adults, $1.50 for 

 students. 919/482-3663. 



■ Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill 

 Devil Hills. On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wil- 

 bur Wright placed a winged contraption on 

 level ground. Orville took the pilot's position, 

 and at 10:35 a.m., the machine moved forward 

 under its own power and lifted him into the air. 

 Now, the National Park Service maintains the 

 site of that historic first fhght. It includes a 

 visitor center, a monument atop Kill Devil Hill 

 and a reconstruction of the Wrights' 1903 

 camp. Free admission. 919/441-7430. 



