OCRACOKE LIGHTHOUSE
Oldest N.C. lighthouse still in service. Erected 1823 to serve Ocracoke Inlet trade. 75 ft. tall. Located 1/4 mile S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE
Tallest brick lighthouse in nation at 208 feet. Constructed, 1869-1870, to mark Diamond Shoals. Replaced 1802 structure.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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RADIO MILESTONE
From near here in 1902 R. A. Fessenden sent the first musical notes ever relayed by radio waves. Received 48 miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FORT FORREST
Confederate, mounting seven guns. Protected west side of Croatan Sound. Destroyed on Feb. 8, 1862. Earthworks stood 1 mile N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOHN GRAY BLOUNT 1752-1833
Merchant & land speculator. Shipping interests across eastern N.C.; also invested in western N.C. land. Home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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U.S.S. MONITOR
Fought C.S.S. "Virginia" ("Merrimac") in first battle of ironclad ships. Lost Dec. 31, 1862, in gale 17 miles southeast. First marine sanctuary.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHRISTOPHER GALE ca. 1679-1735
Chief Justice of colony of North Carolina, 1712. Lived nearby at "Kirby Grange," his plantation.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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REHOBOTH CHURCH
Colonial Anglican congregation known as Skinners Chapel. Present church constructed 1850-1853. Now United Methodist.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALEXANDER STEWART
Anglican minister to N.C., 1753-71. Served parish of St. Thomas & as chaplain to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Erected first glebe house on record in the colony.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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EDWARD TEACH
Notorious pirate called "Blackbeard." Lived in Bath while Charles Eden was governor. Killed at Ocracoke, 1718.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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TRINITY CHURCH
Episcopal. Was originally Blount’s Chapel. Built nearby ca. 1774 by Rev. Nathaniel Blount, who served until his death, 1816. Moved here, 1939.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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FLAT SWAMP CHURCH
Primitive Baptist. Begun in 1776. First pastor was John Page. Second building on site. Two miles S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ANDREW CARTWRIGHT
Agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia, founded the A.M.E. Zion churches in Albemarle area. His first church, 1865, near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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LT. ROBERT MAYNARD
Of the Royal Navy. Sent by Gov. Spotswood of Virginia, in the sloop "Ranger," killed the pirate Blackbeard off shore, 1718.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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MATTAMUSKEET
Largest natural lake in N.C. Center of an Indian reservation, established 1715. Twice drained and farmed. Wildlife refuge since 1934. One mile N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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DIAMOND SHOALS
"Graveyard of Atlantic." German submarines sank over 100 ships here, 1941-42, in the "Battle of Torpedo Junction." Shoals are 3 mi. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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SKEWARKEY CHURCH
Baptist congregation formed about 1780. Primitive Baptist since 1830's. Church here was built in 1853.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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WRIGHT BROTHERS
On December 17, 1903, from site near foot of Kill Devil Hill, Orville and Wilbur Wright made first successful powered flight 1/5 mile west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CONFEDERATE FORTS
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, 2 miles s. west, fell to Union troops on Aug. 29, 1861, after two days of heavy naval bombardment.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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COLINGTON ISLAND
Granted to Sir John Colleton, Sept. 8, 1663. Colonized in 1665 by a company under Peter Carteret. Two miles W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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