Well, there are five major lighthouses on the Outer Banks:
- Currituck Beach
- Bodie Island
- Cape Hatteras
- Ocracoke
- Cape Lookout
But there are more! Some readers will know about Old Baldy and Oak Island Lights. In addition, I have written about the Diamond Shoals Light and Hatteras Beacon. According to one article I discovered (https://www.ranker.com/list/lighthouses-in-north-carolina/jennifer-lee) there are (or were) twenty-one different lighthouses in North Carolina. Maybe some of our readers know of another one or two. If so, please leave a comment.
This month's Ocracoke Newsletter is a delightful story written by Dr. Warren Silverman, who in 1981 became the island's resident physician after forty years without a doctor. The story is about Dr. Silverman's very first Ocracoke patient, island native Maltby Bragg (1904-1985). You can read the story here: https://www.villagecraftsmen.com/my-first-island-patient-by-dr-warren-silverman/.
We sometimes overlook the fact that there were many screw-pile lighthouses in our rivers and sounds. Some replicas of those have been built, like the one in Manteo and also in the town of Plymouth.
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