Development in Pine Knoll Shores
opened the area not only to people wanting a full-time or part-time place at
the beach but also to day-trippers, people in driving distance wanting an
occasional day on the coast. The following retrospective is a story of what
used to be a perfect spot for such a visit.
As remote
as Bogue Banks seems today and as it certainly was in the 1860s, the Civil War
touched its banks. The war story most clearly part of the history of Pine Knoll
Shores is the account of the S.S. Pevensey.
The Roosevelt family members Theodore III, Grace, Cornelius, Quentin, grandchildren
of President Teddy Roosevelt, acquired title to Alice Hoffman’s land in 1945 by
paying her debts and liens that threatened her land. As part of those legal
arrangements, Mrs. Hoffman was permitted to reside on the land for the
remainder of her life. Upon Alice’s death in 1953, the Roosevelt family gained
full control of 2,000 acres on Bogue Banks and an additional 600 acres on the north
shore of Bogue Sound.
