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N.C. DOCUMENTS 

 CLEARINGHOUSE 



MAR 6 1995 



N.C. STATE LIBRARY 



First in Flight: Extraordinary Feats 

 by Ordinary Men 



From the dunes at Kill Devil Hills, two young men from Ohio 

 sent a message to the world Dec. 17, 1903: Man can fly. But the 

 world barely noticed Orville Wright's 12-second burst onto the 

 aviation scene. Or his brother Wilbur's encore flight just shy of 

 200 feet. The brothers ended the day with a record 852 feet flown 

 in 59 seconds. Today, the hum of air traffic is mere background 

 noise in a high-technology world. But the storytellers at the 

 Wright Brothers National Memorial won't let the public forget 

 those first tentative steps that propelled us skyward. The park 

 rangers at this Outer Banks monument chronicle the lives of these 

 seemingly ordinary brothers in a way that books cannot 2 



The Cutting Edge off Technology, 

 Then and Now 



With persistence and innovation, the Wright brothers made 

 history on an Outer Banks dune field. The Wright Brothers 

 National Memorial marks the site, mingling accounts of past 

 achievements with hopes and plans for the future 7 



Winter on the Water 



Along the shore, the chilly season ferries in cold winds and 

 the rare raft of snow. Regular contributing photographers Scott D. 

 Taylor of Beaufort and Michael Halminski of Waves share their 

 vision of this cool world in a special winter spread 10 



A Place in History: 



The Outer Banks History Center 



If you're in Manteo, don't neglect the Outer Banks History 

 Center. It houses the state's third largest collection of North 

 Caroliniana, including books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, 

 photographs, paintings, audiotapes, place mats and bumper 

 stickers. The center is a history buff's dream come true 16 



Spanish Moss Lends More Than 

 a Graceful Southern Accent 



It wouldn't seem fitting for a bald cypress or live oak to 

 be without its characteristic draping of Spanish moss. But this 

 fuzzy, air-growing plant is more than an aesthetically pleasing 

 Southern accessory. It lends comfort to the nests of squirrels and 

 birds, harbors curious microorganisms and is even used to detect 

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