Category: History

OCRACOKE'S CASTLE B&B FEATURED IN SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE Have you heard? The June 2016 edition of Southern Living magazine has featured The Castle Bed & Breakfast as a recommended source of lodging. Noted as "full of character", Southern Living points out the wide variety of choices

This Old House To talk about the The Castle on Silver Lake you have to begin with the story of the man behind the building.  Samuel G Jones was born in the year 1893, on the mainland in Hyde County a native of Swan Quarter.  He dropped out of school in the sixth grade, and

Ocracoke British Cemetery Ceremony 2023 Ocracoke British Cemetery Ceremony Friday, May 12th at 11:00. During World War II, German U-boats traveled along the Eastern Seaboard. The United States accepted assistance from the British Royal Navy, who helped patrol coastal waters.In May 1942, HMS