See has constructed this epic story of her Chinese-American family. Includes stories of racism, romance, entrepreneurial genius, domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a history of two cultures eeting in a new world.
Last Refuge examines the evolution of the “new west” and the fate of the West and Yellowstone Park, from those who use the land to make a living to environmentalists fighting to protect it. Robbins documents the gradual changes from ranching, mining and logging use of resources to the current push for more environmental protection.
Coyote Springs, an all-Indian rock-and-roll band, traces its journey from a Spokane reservation to New York. A humorous exploration of serious subjects: the effect of Christianity on Native Americans, cultural assimilation and its impact on relations between Indian men and Indian women.
Amid the chaos of the 1970’s, retired professor Lyman Ward retreats to his ancestral home in California. His plan is to write the biography of his grandmother, an elegant and headstrong artist and pioneer who, together with her engineer husband, made her own journey through the hardscrabble West nearly a hundred years before.
The West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Limerick presents stories and characters in a new way; the men of the west "meant business" in more ways than one.
The next Carteret County Historical Society Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 12, 2015, at 1:00 PM. — Jim Buckingham
The NC State Ports Authority Presents to the Morehead City Port Committee
Simon Rich from Stevens Towing Company will be presenting at the July, 2014 meeting of the Morehead City Port Committee.
Simon will provide an update on the barge traffic for direct reduced iron (DRI) to Nucor Steel in Hertford County:
There will also be updates to:
The Channel Marker Restaurant hosts the Morehead City Port Committee Meeting generally on the first Thursday of the Month. Due to Independent Day, the Port Committee will meet a week later than normal.
Simon Rich is the North Carolina General Manager for Stevens Towing
Title: Railroad Station at Morehead City, North Carolina
Artist: Herbert Eugene Valentine (1841–1917), War Department
Date: 1863-01-30
ref: http://bit.ly/OhBDMf — in Morehead City, NC.
One of the deepest ports on the US East Coast, the Port of Morehead City is located just four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The port handles both breakbulk and bulk cargo and is the second largest importer in the country for natural rubber.
As a leading exporter of phosphate, the Port of Morehead City features a dry-bulk facility with a 225,000-ton capacity warehouse and other open storage is available. A unique tax credit is available to North Carolina port users.
Access to Interstates 95 and 40 is available via U.S. Highways 70 and 17 as well as train service from Norfolk Southern.
For more information for the Port of Morehead City, see http://bit.ly/1hcmMQ2.
Decades in planning, the Gallant's Channel Bridge begins construction with the groundbreaking ceremony.
The caravels are coming to Morehead City.
