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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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Fanged Friday Timber (canebrake) rattlesnake Crotalus horridus • venomous Found east of the Mississippi, these impressive pit vipers thrive in wild, undisturbed habitats and tend to avoid human‑populated areas. Coastal populations—often called canebrakes—usually show a rusty-red stripe down the back and a velvety black tail, though colors vary widely. Timber Rattlesnakes are large, heavy-bodied snakes with bold dark crossbands or chevrons on a lighter background. Once widespread across the eastern U.S., their numbers have declined due to habitat loss and human pressure. Image: Timber rattlesnake at NC Aquarium Pine Knoll Shores, October 2026. ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

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On Oct. 20, 1850, prominent shipbuilder, lightkeeper and American privateer Otway Burns Jr. died at Portsmouth. He was then brought by boat to Beaufort where he was laid to rest in the Old Burying Ground on Ann Street. Image: An oil painting of Otway Burns by F. Mahler, ca. 1875-1895. (Image courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of History). Image: "Unveiling Ceremony at the Tomb of Captain Otway Burns." (Image courtesy Ncpedia.com). Images: Otway Burns’ tomb/grave, Beaufort, N.C. ... See MoreSee Less
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On October 19, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal's order for African American women to be accepted into the Naval Reserve. Just over two months later, Harriet Ida Pickens, who attended Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina, became one of the first Black women to become an officer in the U.S. Navy when she was commissioned December 26, 1944, as a lieutenant junior grade. As a Naval Reserve officer, Pickens would use her expertise and experience to organize and administer physical training to enlisted WAVES (members of the Women’s Navy Reserve were known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Image: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ens. Frances Wills. (Image courtesy U.S. Navy). ... See MoreSee Less
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On October 18, 1899, Erasmus (Rasmus) Midgett was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for rescuing 10 sailors from the barkentine “Priscilla.” Rasmus, No. 1 surfman of the U.S. Life-Saving Station Gull Shoal Hatteras Island, was on the 3 a.m. to sunrise patrol on Aug. 18, 1899, when he discovered the wreck just south of the station between Gull Shoal and Kinnakeet. The captain’s two sons and wife, along with one other young boy, were swept into the sea and lost. Deciding there wouldn't be time to summon his fellow surfman he went into the water and pulled the remaining survivors to safety. Image: Erasmus Midgett posing on the remnants of “Priscilla” after the storm passed, 1899. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). ... See MoreSee Less
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Fauna Friday Happy Autumn! Who says you have to head to the mountains for fall color? Next time you're out in the salt marsh, keep an eye out for a tiny succulent that turns from bright green to a vivid red this time of year. Salicornia virginica (also known as American glasswort, pickleweed, or sea asparagus) is a low growing and salt loving plant that thrives in coastal marshes and tidal flats. With its leafless, jointed, fleshy green stems, it may be small, but its autumn transformation is hard to miss! Images: Salicornia virginica on the Rachel Carson Reserve, October 2026. ... See MoreSee Less
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