An Ocracoke Affair

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    • When the early colonists settled Ocracoke, they used the ponies to help make life easier on the island by pulling carts to haul freight and fish.

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    Great Family Get Away with everything you need! The house was furnished well and kitchen was especially well equipped. The wreck remains as a site protected by legislation. Appalled that a midshipman would consider mutiny, senior Naval officials ordered the creation of the academy so that midshipmen could receive a formal and supervised education in Naval seamanship and related matters. Definitely the spot to wind down, de-stress and bond with the family. Corolla is the perfect place to gear down, relax and forget about your hurried life back home. Just 4 properties from the beach, with privacy behind you, limited ocean view right off your back deck and only a little over feet to the beach!

    Lifesaving Service used them for beach patrols and to haul equipment to shipwreck sites. As time progressed, the families that lived on the island claimed the ponies, holding pony penning in the summer. Riders would start early in the morning at the north end of the island and drive the ponies into the village where holding pens had been constructed.

    Once in the pens they would sort out the ponies and brand the new ones. Some ponies would be broken for riding or sold, and the rest were turned loose to roam free again.

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    In the late s, Ocracoke Boy Scouts cared for the horses and had the only mounted troop in the nation. By law, the free-roaming animals were permanently penned in to prevent over-grazing and to safeguard them from traffic after the highway was built in The remaining herd has been cared for by the National Park Service since the early s.

    Currently, there are sixteen horses in the Ocracoke herd. Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Grease and flour a tube, Bundt, or 9 x inch baking pan; set aside. Sift dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

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    Stir egg mixture into flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk and vanilla. Fold in figs and nuts.

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    Bake for about 1 hour in a tube or Bundt pan but check at 40 minutes; the cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The cake will take less time in a 9 x inch baking pan. If using a tube or Bundt pan, remove cake from pan, slice, and serve. So far, there are two fig trees in her orchard.

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    A Culinary Affair

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