Bodie Island Lighthouse - Sepia Wood Print

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Bodie Island, originally Body Island, is reportedly named after a family who owned the land, but folklore would have it that the name resulted from the many shipwrecked bodies that washed ashore. Rising 165 feet and painted with striking black and white stripes, picture-perfect Bodie Island Lighthouse is actually the third attempt to illuminate the perilous stretch of coast between Cape Hatteras and Currituck Beach.

Because of the mounting number of shipwrecks off this section of North Carolina's outer banks, Congress appropriated $5,000 on March 3, 1837 for a lighthouse on Pea Island, near New Inlet, which would allow south-bound ships to fix their positions for navigating the menacing Cape Hatteras. Captain Charles W. Skinner visited Pea Island later that year and determined that a better place for a lighthouse would be on nearby Boddy's Island, where materials could be more easily landed. According to a local resident, during the previous ten years or so, more than forty-...

A picture is a poem without words....Horace. My photos and digital paintings are picture words intended to invoke delight, thought, memories or wonder in the minds of the viewer. Some are meant to inform or instruct, but all are offered for the enjoyment of those whose eyes will explore them. I get excited about all things nature, wildlife, and nostalgia, however my travel and visits to interesting places also show up in my work. Please browse my galleries which are open to the public and anyone interested in design or decorating residential, commercial or public buildings. Volume discounts are available. If you have questions about any of my work, do not hesitate to contact Phyllis Taylor at e-mail address: ...

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