The Outer Banks have long been of interest to geologists, historians, linguists, sportsmen, and beachcombers.
It vanished soon after, becoming the famous ``lost colony.`` At Ocracoke, in 1718, the pirate Blackbeard was killed; at Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island important Civil W.
Here on Roanoke Island in the 1580s, the first English colony in the New World was established.
This long series of low, narrow, sandy islands stretches along the North Carolina coast for more than 175 miles.
The Outer Banks have long been of interest to geologists, historians, linguists, sportsmen, and beachcombers