DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that the geography of Shackleford and Core Banks form a distinguishable "check mark" that has been a point of reference to even the earliest cartographers? Did you know that Carteret County was settled in 1709 and became a "precinct" of Craven County for a time? Did you know that Beaufort was established as a town in 1722 and named for Henry Somerset, the Duke of Beaufort? Did you know that the "origin of tourism" in Morehead City can be traced back to 1881, when the spectacular Atlantic Hotel invited guests to visit North Carolina's "Summer Capital by the Sea?" Did you know that the first stop sign that a motorist traveling on US 70 east from Raleigh will encounter is in Smyrna?
DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that the geography of Shackleford and Core Banks form a distinguishable "check mark" that has been a point of reference to even the earliest cartographers?
Did you know that Carteret County was settled in 1709 and became a "precinct" of Craven County for a time?
Did you know that Beaufort was established as a town in 1722 and named for Henry Somerset, the Duke of Beaufort?
Did you know that the "origin of tourism" in Morehead City can be traced back to 1881, when the spectacular Atlantic Hotel invited guests to visit North Carolina's "Summer Capital by the Sea?"
Did you know that the first stop sign that a motorist traveling on US 70 east from Raleigh will encounter is in Smyrna?
