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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAA_corolla-schoolhouse_Corolla-NC.html
Establishing the First Unified Corolla School
The Corolla Schoolhouse was built circa 1890 by residents Sol Sanderlin and Val Twiford and established as the first unified Corolla school in 1905. The County's one-room schoolhouse accepted children…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G7C_knotts-island_Knotts-Island-NC.html
During the Civil War, salt—essential for the preservation of meat—was vitally important to the massive Union and Confederate armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents made salt both her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M7_moycock_Moyock-NC.html
Currituck Sound and the surrounding area were under Union control by 1863. Local farmers and merchants sought permission from Federal authorities to sell their produce in Norfolk. They followed this route to the city. Union Gen. Henry M. Naglee, c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M6_maple-leaf_Maple-NC.html
Currituck County played a vital role in a prisoner-of-war escape in 1863. At 1:30 P.M. on June 10, the troop-transport steamer Maple Leaf sailed from Fort Monroe, Va., for Fort Delaware, carrying 97 captured Confederate officers bound for the pris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M5_currituck-sound_Point-Harbor-NC.html
For many years before the war, Currituck Sound was a busy avenue of commerce sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks. Vessels carried produce and goods between North Carolina and Virginia. After hostilities began, the sound became str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M4_albemarle-and-chesapeake-canal_Coinjock-NC.html
After the Battle of Elizabeth City and the destruction of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in February 1862, the Confederates scuttled ships to block the North Carolina cut. The Federals had the same idea to stall Confederate traffic and sent five v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HL_indiantown_Camden-NC.html
Indiantown, a commercial center with a shipyard, store, and mill, became a focal point for military activity during the Civil War. On June 10, 1862, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles W. Flusser led several gunboats up the North River to capture a prominent se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A6_albemarle-and-chesapeake-canal_Coinjock-NC.html
Constructed 1855~59 by steam dredges to assist commerce. Now part of Intracoastal Waterway. N.C. Cut 5 miles long.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79I_dividing-line_Knotts-Island-NC.html
Commissioners drovethe first stake forthe Virgina - Carolinaboundary, Mar. 18, 1728,three miles N. E. acrossCurrituck Sound.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6WB_waterfowl-resting-area_Corolla-NC.html
The Knights did not choose this location for their hunting retreat randomly. It sits on the Atlantic Flyway, a primary migratory route for waterfowl. Currituck, as in Currituck County, comes from the Native American work carotank or "land of the w…