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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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In the 1920s, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Edna Ferber would visit North Carolina multiple times while researching and working on her new novel “Show Boat.” Ferber’s story surrounding a river showboat was based on the time she spent on the James Adams Floating Theatre in Bath, North Carolina. During Ferber’s trip to North Carolina in April 1925, she not only visited but lived, played, worked, rehearsed, and ate with the theater company on the theater boat, gathering inspiration and stories for her novel. Ferber’s novel would later be adapted by Oscar Hammerstein, who worked with fellow composer Jerome Kern to turn it into a groundbreaking Broadway musical of the same name. The musical “Show Boat” premiered on Broadway on December 27, 1927, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Image: The James Adams Floating Theatre on the Pamlico River in Washington, 1940. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). Image: Stage manager and actor Daile Herlit applies makeup before a performance. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). Image: Floating theatre’s captain mans the ticket booth. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). Image: One of the theater troupe’s actresses fishes in the Pamlico River while the James Adams Floating Theatre was docked in Washington, 1940. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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Fish FridayHappy Boxing Day! In honor of this traditional UK holiday, we present the spiny boxfish, known locally as the striped burrfish. (Fun fact: Today also starts the traditional 12 days of Christmas, which ends on January 6 and is celebrated locally as “Old Christmas”). The spiny boxfish, or striped burrfish, are found in the warm waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and off the eastern coast of the United States. They can grow up to 15 inches and are known for their boxy, cube-shaped bodies covered in sharp spines. The spiny boxfish is related to the pufferfish; but unlike other puffers, their spines remain upright even when not inflated. Image: Striped burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfii, Gulf of Mexico. (Image courtesy SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC). Image: Juvenile striped burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfii, Gulf of Mexico. (Image courtesy SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC). Video: Striped Burrfish. (Video courtesy NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort Staff). ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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On December 24, 1864, the Federal powder ship “Louisiana” was blown up off North Carolina’s Fort Fisher in its attempt to level the Confederate controlled fort. Later that day, the first Battle of Fort Fisher began, with Confederates repelling the two-day Union attack that took place December 24-25, 1864. Image: Drawing by Alfred Waud of the U.S. gun boat “Louisiana.” (Image courtesy Library of Congress). Image: Timothy H. O’Sullivan’s 1865 photograph of the first three traverses of the interior of Fort Fisher. (Image courtesy Library of Congress). ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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Three days before Christmas, on December 22, 1884, crews from the Cape Hatteras and Creed's Hill Life-Saving stations under the leadership of Keeper Benjamin B. Dailey and Patrick H. Ethridge rescued the nine-man crew of the barkentine “Ephraim Williams” of Providence, Rhode Island. The ship was in route from Savannah, Georgia, with a cargo of pine lumber when it began to encounter rough weather on December 18, 1884, just after passing Frying Pan Shoals. The ship drifted helplessly past Cape Lookout and eventually to Diamond Shoals where it ran aground. By the morning of December 22, the vessel had been driven six to seven miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Surfmen from the Creed’s Hill and Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Service Station jumped into action despite the heavy and dangerous surf. The life savers reached the boat at half past noon and successfully rescued the crew. The rescued men were on the edge of death due to dehydration, hunger, and exposure to the elements. Crews from the Cape Hatteras and Creed's Hill Life-Saving stations were awarded the Gold Life Saving Medal in April the following year. Image: Photograph of Benjamin Baxter Dailey (1844-1914). (Image courtesy US Coast Guard). ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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Post Edited to correct Image CreditFish FridayOne of the most iconic symbols of this holiday season, a star, is also found in the ocean, the starfish. Fun fact, though commonly identified as a fish, the starfish is not actually a fish. More accurately called a sea star, there are over 2,000 species found throughout the world’s oceans, 33 of which can be found in North Carolina’s waters, none of which have gills, scales, or fins that would classify them as fish. The sea star is more closely related to sand dollars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers, all of which are echinoderms, meaning they have radial symmetry.Sea stars live only in saltwater. Sea water, instead of blood, is used to pump nutrients through their bodies via a 'water vascular system.'They move by using tiny tube feet located on the underside of their bodies. Though many sea stars have five arms, this is not true for all species. Some sea star species have 10, 20, or even 40 arms! Image: Sea Stars. (Images courtesy Jillian Daly). ... See MoreSee Less

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