Welcome to the PKS History Blog
Each
entry provides a small vignette of history. Together, they form a mosaic narrative, a
pictorial history of our community with a timeline of significant events in the history of Pine Knoll Shores. Our blog serves as a growing repository of
historical data, photos, letters, documents and the stories they tell about
Pine Knoll Shores, stories that concern the notable and significant as well as
the ephemeral and mundane.
Navigating
the Site
Subject Listing: Blog topics are grouped by Subject and are listed in the right sidebar menu under Subject headings. Clicking on any one will take you
directly to the post on that topic.
Alphabetical Index: Above this section on the top menu bar is a link to an
alphabetical listing of all titles. Click on “Alphabetical Index,” and select
a title of interest to you.
Links: Within each page there are
underlined items that, if clicked, will link you to a further discussion of a subject. History is about links, about context,
about understanding the interplay of events, the forcing functions that
surround an event. We will attempt to put events in context in an
effort to provide a better understanding of why things are the way they are. Nothing
happens in a vacuum.
Approach: The approach the History Committee is taking
is non-academic. We are not writing a doctoral thesis or history
textbook. Our hope is that we’ve included some interesting snippets that people
might enjoy, stories that make Pine Knoll Shores unique and history with the
fun bits left in.
Geographical
Area: The focus is
on the Town of Pine Knoll Shores but is expanded to include the Roosevelt/Hoffman
properties, other parts of Bogue Banks, and Eastern Carolina with links to the
world beyond.
Contributors: History Committee members are
writing most selections, combining material developed from the PKS collection
with independent research. The site also contains contributions from other
community authors and material originally published in The Shoreline.
You are all historians. Often local history deals with the
people, events and decisions we know first hand. When you share your story, it
could be added too. Share your
comments, ideas, suggestions, historical material and stories. Write a post. Contact the History Committee at pkshistory@gmail.com or
call 252-247-4353.