Hatteras Island Archives
  • Home
  • Blog
  • The Harbor
  • Contact

A Fisherman's Tale...


Charlie Foster & Robt. Robinson Set Up Oil Factory: 24 Oct 1869 - The New Berne Times ( New Berne, NC)

Rube Willis & Whale Fishing:
16 Mar 1880 - The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, NC)

Wilmington Oil & Leather Company Porpoise Fishing On Hatteras:
3 Dec 1886 - The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, NC)

Bryon Styron & The Oyster Beds Of Pamlico Sounds:
27 Nov 1890 - The Western Sentinel (Winston Salem, NC)

LB Midgett Jr - "Devil Fish":
20 Oct 1893 - The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, NC)

Porpoise Fishing Off Hatteras:
1 Nov 1895 - The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, NC)

G.W. Williams Says Fishing Is Good:
10 Oct 1902 - Tar heel (Elizabeth City, NC)

Best Oysters On Hatteras - BF Whedbee * Rolinson's Channel:
13 Dec 1903 - News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

Two Men Drown As Fishing Camp Washes Away:
18 Nov 1904 - The Warren Record (Warrenton, NC)

W.W. Austin Wants Elizabeth City To Buy Fish - Part 1 & Part 2:
1 Aug 1905 - Daily Economist (Elizabeth City, NC)

Fish Commission Finish Itinerary:
23 July 1909 - Tar heel (Elizabeth City, NC)

To Stormy Cape After Porpoise:
27 Apr 1912 - Democrat & Chronicle ( Rochester, NY)





Scallops Reappear On Carolina Coast - F.P. Williams:
22 June 1914 - The New Bern Sun (New Bern, NC)

Fine Lubricating Oil From Porpoise Jaw:
1918 - Perrysburg Journal

Vernon Willis, Fraser Peel, & Doc Kugler, Go For A Walk:
30 July 1931 - Washington Progress (Washington, NC)

Mrs. Buxton Midyette Catches Record Fish:
6 uly 1934 - The Belhaven Times (Belhaven, NC)

James Scarborough & Charles Williams Talk Fishing:
23 July 1953 - The Belhaven Pilot (Belhaven, NC)

Preston Stowe Selling Shrimp Boat:
12 Apr 1956 - The Belhaven Pilot (Belhaven, NC)

Picture