January 1995 - BELHAVEN NC — Is it possible for a place to have gotten richer and poorer at the same time?

May 1990 - ENGELHARD NC — Times change.

June 1986 - SWANQUARTER NC — The harbor at Swanquarter more than 30 years ago — the same only different.

May 1990 - ENGELHARD NC — I think this is Engelhard. Correction please if not.

August 1989 - BELHAVEN NC — Another view of Shoemaker Creek when it was thriving. There was a seafood company, active wharfs, an busy boat ramp, and a hospital there on Pantego Creek. Times change.

February 1986 - WASHINGTON NC — Hugh Martin Sterling lived on Main Street pretty much his entire life. As long as I knew him, he tended a few pots and nets in near his home on the river. Here he is one foggy February morning tending his equipment with two companions.

May 1990 - ENGELHARD NC — A quiet moment on the wharf in Engelhard as a fishing boat passes two relaxing dock workers.

March 1986 - AURORA NC — I know none of the story of this old derelict. I only remember it from the creek that runs beside the road leading to Aurora’s public boat ramp. I’d be happy to learn about it.

August 1986 - PAMLICO BEACH NC — A shark always gets the attention of a water centered community. This large shark was caught in a trawler’s net in the Pamlico Sound. These neighbors were at the dock to marvel at the icon. A couple of the younger ones were willing to pose with the catch.

August 1989 - BELHAVEN NC — The little creek that leads to Belhaven’s City Hall once was thriving with activity. There was a seafood company, active wharfs, an busy boat ramp, and a hospital there on Pantego Creek. Times change.

May 1990 - ENGELHARD — Fishing boats and silos on Far Creek harbor in Hyde County.