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The northern Currituck Beaches were settled around the same time as the Currituck mainland in the late 1600s. A hearty but tiny population of fishermen and wild horses made the narrow sand bar home for several centuries. The horses, descended from shipwrecked Spanish mustangs and local feral animals, roamed the beaches and marshes freely, only occasionally pressed into service hauling boats by the local lifesaving service or a solitary fisherman.


Colonial residents of Currituck and the colony of Virginia argued vehemently over tax jurisdiction. It seems that neither of the parties knew exactly where the dividing line between the colonies was located, and Currituck residents felt they were unjustly taxed by the Virginia government. After 45 years of acrimonious debate, both sides agreed to survey the boundary in 1728. Representatives met in March that year on the desolate, windswept beaches near present-day Carova, then worked their way westward. The account of their often-contentious adventure was published several years later and to this day remains the source of some amount of snobbery between Virginians and North Carolinians.

In the nineteenth century, the U.S. Lifesaving Service established stations every six to eight miles along the beaches of North Carolina. In Currituck, they were erected At Wash Woods, Penny's Hill, Whale Head, Poyner Hill, and Seagull. A lighthouse was erected near Corolla. Today, the Wash Woods station is a renovated rental home, and all others have been destroyed by the elements.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a population boom came to Currituck County. And although no paved road existed north of the Dare County line, developers knew that it was only a matter of time before vacationers would discover the charms of Currituck's beaches. Carova and Swan Beach were planned in hopes that a paved road would someday connect the northern Outer Banks with the Virginia beaches. At the time, developers left easements for a planned thoroughfare called the Ocean Pearl Highway from the Currituck beaches to Virginia Beach.

But by 1984, when Highway 12 was extended north to Corolla, those plans were shelved after state and federal agencies completed purchase much of the remaining land in northern Currituck. Once the Reserve, refuge, State Park, and Nature Conservancy lands were established, the paved road became impossible. Although more homes are constructed along these beaches every year, and the four-wheel drive traffic on the beach increases, development here is constrained by the limits imposed government and privately-owned land, which should help it retain its pristine state.

Vacation deprivation study says beach vacations rule Gadling by Chris Owen (RSS feed) on Jan 26th 2012 at 10:00AM Expedia's Vacation Deprivation study is an annual analysis of vacation habits across multiple countries and continents. Taken from the results of a survey by Harris Interactive, 7083 respondents were ... and more »

Best Budget Beach Vacations of Latin America Venere Travel Blog (blog) Well look no further as the following locations are some of the best budget beach vacations of Latin America. Tulum, Mexico – during the 1970's and 1980's, the place to visit just south of Cancun was Playa Del Carmen – if you wanted to spend your ...

Sunburst for Songwriters: Vacation rental company joins festival to turn ... Walton Sun The Sunburst Companies offers property management services for vacation rentals as Sunburst Beach Vacations, individual homes via Home Watch services and real estate sales and marketing through the Sunburst Group at Davis Properties. and more »

al.com (blog)

Voters approve slot machines in Ebro, near Panama City, but many hurdles remain al.com (blog) (File photo) Voters in Washington County, Fla., have approved slot machines at the Ebro Greyhound Park, about 30 minutes north of Panama City Beach, but don't start hoarding quarters for your beach vacations just yet. The News Herald in Panama City ... and more »

Allure Magazine (blog)

Daniel Radcliffe Thinks Full-Brazilians Are "Creepy," Do You? Allure Magazine (blog) She's since given up the swimming, but still gets a wax before any beach vacations. Neither of these women was looking to look like a child. Nor trying to become some pornified ideal. The rest of their beauty routines remained low maintenance, ... and more »

Reconnecting with the real world: A weekend away from gadgets Denver Post ... daughter tonight, laptop, but you make a good point about the things I want to Google, like the sun's weight and whether orcas have ever eaten people, and the need for photographic updates about the beach vacations of friends I don't know.

Keeping It All in the Family Financial-Planning.com In the best cases, families that once were at odds end up being able to relax together, to travel together on ski trips and beach vacations. They can develop a new ability to enjoy one another's company and experience a new level of family unity, ...

Anniversary: Eric Coats & Katherine Coats Jackson Sun Some of their best memories are from their beach vacations and summers spent on the Tennessee River. They have one very proud daughter, who is extremely thankful for their continuing love and support, and prays for the Lord's blessing that her parents ...

Hawks put Toews on IR Northwest Herald Fear the sun: Bolland was not scared to play on the top line, but the fair-skinned forward was afraid of following some of his teammates on beach vacations for the NHL All-Star break. Instead, Bolland will return to London, Ontario, to hang out with ... and more »

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The Dizzying Decision Tree of Carlos Tevez The Shin Guardian He has showed up in pictures on the beach, vacations with Kia, running in fields behind his house in England, and–allegedly–in YouTube videos disparaging Manchester City after they were knocked out of the Champions League. and more »

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Currituck Beaches History Carolina Family Vacations Beach

The northern Currituck Beaches were settled around the same time as the Currituck mainland in the late 1600s. A hearty but tiny population of fishermen and wild horses made the narrow sand bar home for several centuries. The horses, descended from shipwrecked Spanish mustangs and local feral animals, roamed the beaches and marshes freely, only occasionally pressed into service hauling boats by the local lifesaving service or a solitary fisherman.


Colonial residents of Currituck and the colony of Virginia argued vehemently over tax jurisdiction. It seems that neither of the parties knew exactly where the dividing line between the colonies was located, and Currituck residents felt they were unjustly taxed by the Virginia government. After 45 years of acrimonious debate, both sides agreed to survey the boundary in 1728. Representatives met in March that year on the desolate, windswept beaches near present-day Carova, then worked their way westward. The account of their often-contentious adventure was published several years later and to this day remains the source of some amount of snobbery between Virginians and North Carolinians.

In the nineteenth century, the U.S. Lifesaving Service established stations every six to eight miles along the beaches of North Carolina. In Currituck, they were erected At Wash Woods, Penny's Hill, Whale Head, Poyner Hill, and Seagull. A lighthouse was erected near Corolla. Today, the Wash Woods station is a renovated rental home, and all others have been destroyed by the elements.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a population boom came to Currituck County. And although no paved road existed north of the Dare County line, developers knew that it was only a matter of time before vacationers would discover the charms of Currituck's beaches. Carova and Swan Beach were planned in hopes that a paved road would someday connect the northern Outer Banks with the Virginia beaches. At the time, developers left easements for a planned thoroughfare called the Ocean Pearl Highway from the Currituck beaches to Virginia Beach.

But by 1984, when Highway 12 was extended north to Corolla, those plans were shelved after state and federal agencies completed purchase much of the remaining land in northern Currituck. Once the Reserve, refuge, State Park, and Nature Conservancy lands were established, the paved road became impossible. Although more homes are constructed along these beaches every year, and the four-wheel drive traffic on the beach increases, development here is constrained by the limits imposed government and privately-owned land, which should help it retain its pristine state.

Vacation deprivation study says beach vacations rule Gadling by Chris Owen (RSS feed) on Jan 26th 2012 at 10:00AM Expedia's Vacation Deprivation study is an annual analysis of vacation habits across multiple countries and continents. Taken from the results of a survey by Harris Interactive, 7083 respondents were ... and more »

Best Budget Beach Vacations of Latin America Venere Travel Blog (blog) Well look no further as the following locations are some of the best budget beach vacations of Latin America. Tulum, Mexico – during the 1970's and 1980's, the place to visit just south of Cancun was Playa Del Carmen – if you wanted to spend your ...

Sunburst for Songwriters: Vacation rental company joins festival to turn ... Walton Sun The Sunburst Companies offers property management services for vacation rentals as Sunburst Beach Vacations, individual homes via Home Watch services and real estate sales and marketing through the Sunburst Group at Davis Properties. and more »

al.com (blog)

Voters approve slot machines in Ebro, near Panama City, but many hurdles remain al.com (blog) (File photo) Voters in Washington County, Fla., have approved slot machines at the Ebro Greyhound Park, about 30 minutes north of Panama City Beach, but don't start hoarding quarters for your beach vacations just yet. The News Herald in Panama City ... and more »

Allure Magazine (blog)

Daniel Radcliffe Thinks Full-Brazilians Are "Creepy," Do You? Allure Magazine (blog) She's since given up the swimming, but still gets a wax before any beach vacations. Neither of these women was looking to look like a child. Nor trying to become some pornified ideal. The rest of their beauty routines remained low maintenance, ... and more »

Reconnecting with the real world: A weekend away from gadgets Denver Post ... daughter tonight, laptop, but you make a good point about the things I want to Google, like the sun's weight and whether orcas have ever eaten people, and the need for photographic updates about the beach vacations of friends I don't know.

Keeping It All in the Family Financial-Planning.com In the best cases, families that once were at odds end up being able to relax together, to travel together on ski trips and beach vacations. They can develop a new ability to enjoy one another's company and experience a new level of family unity, ...

Give in to the Girl Scouts…. Suffolk News-Herald They could sell them during the summer, when beach vacations and outdoor pursuits help keep many of us focused on eating well and staying healthy. They could have chosen to sell cookies during the fall, when the rush of back-to-school might distract us ... and more »

Anniversary: Eric Coats & Katherine Coats Jackson Sun Some of their best memories are from their beach vacations and summers spent on the Tennessee River. They have one very proud daughter, who is extremely thankful for their continuing love and support, and prays for the Lord's blessing that her parents ...

Hawks put Toews on IR Northwest Herald Fear the sun: Bolland was not scared to play on the top line, but the fair-skinned forward was afraid of following some of his teammates on beach vacations for the NHL All-Star break. Instead, Bolland will return to London, Ontario, to hang out with ... and more »

Common Misspellings include aggreed, agred allthough altho, althought, altough ammount adn, anbd aroud, arround, arund becamae bedore, befoer, befor betwen, bewteen inbetween, vetween bondary, boundry bu centruies centruy collonies collony delevopment, developement, develpment, devolopement dicover, disover eearly eigth erested eveyr excisted fedral, fedral fomr, frome govement, govenment, govenrment, goverment, goverment, governmnet, govorment, govornment ahev, ahve, haev, hvae, hvea halp htere higway inot it's juristiction lefted lmits maked moreso, mroe, omre ninteenth noeth, noth norhern, northen, nothern ocasionally, ocasionaly, ocassionally, ocassionaly, occassionally, occassionaly, occationally ofen oftenly lonly, onyl planed popoulation remaing representives recidents smae sevice severeal shoudl, shoudln, sould solatary smoe, soem spainish staion taht, tath, thast, thgat, thta, thyat hten, tghe, ther, thge, tjhe ther, theri, thier, thier thne theese htey, tehy, tyhe htis, thsi, tihs ethose, thsoe tiem, timne, tiome todya trafic wass, weas, ws wehn, whn hwihc, whcih, whic, whihc, whlch, wich weild owudl, woudl eyar, yearm, yera eyars, eyasr, yeasr, yeras, yersa
 Sailing Lessons The Carolinas  Currituck Beaches History  Corolla and Currituck Beach  Outer Banks History  Duck History  Kitty Hawk History  Kill Devil Hill History  Nags Head History  Manteo and Roanoke Island History  Hatteras Island History  Ocracoke History  sailing alantic