[quote name='Rob Pryor' post='38043' date='Sep 29 2006, 11:27 ']Mike,
What a great series....Much like you, I have visited the "island" many times, and wasn't able to locate anyone to let me in to see the apparatus and stations.....You were a little more persistent and for that I am thankful.......especially for the Ocracoke shots!!!!
As far as Chicamacomico is concerned and why the change to Rodanthe.....You asked, and here is the reason....from [url="http://www.hatteras-nc.com/history/waveshis.htm"]http://www.hatteras-nc.com/history/waveshis.htm[/url]
Waves History
The whole area was once known as Chicamacomico or Chicamacomico Banks, derivatives of Indian names that dated back to the Raleigh colonists and the earliest maps. In 1874 the postal service changed the name of the entire northern end of the island to Rodanthe. Growth in the area continued however, and by the early 1900s, three distinct villages had become established in the broad Rodanthe area. By the 1930s, this village was know as South Rodanthe (Waves), and was the center village between North Rodanthe (now Rodanthe) and Clark, aka Clarksville (now Salvo).
Confused? So was the Postal Service. In 1939, South Rodanthe got its own post office and became Waves. The northernmost village became "Rodanthe," no longer needing the "North" to distinguish it from its sister village.
Another page on that site says the postal service probably changed the name because it was easier to pronounce!!!! Go figure.[/quote]
Rob....neat history. I have always wondered about that. Thanks for the post.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
What a great series....Much like you, I have visited the "island" many times, and wasn't able to locate anyone to let me in to see the apparatus and stations.....You were a little more persistent and for that I am thankful.......especially for the Ocracoke shots!!!!
As far as Chicamacomico is concerned and why the change to Rodanthe.....You asked, and here is the reason....from [url="http://www.hatteras-nc.com/history/waveshis.htm"]http://www.hatteras-nc.com/history/waveshis.htm[/url]
Waves History
The whole area was once known as Chicamacomico or Chicamacomico Banks, derivatives of Indian names that dated back to the Raleigh colonists and the earliest maps. In 1874 the postal service changed the name of the entire northern end of the island to Rodanthe. Growth in the area continued however, and by the early 1900s, three distinct villages had become established in the broad Rodanthe area. By the 1930s, this village was know as South Rodanthe (Waves), and was the center village between North Rodanthe (now Rodanthe) and Clark, aka Clarksville (now Salvo).
Confused? So was the Postal Service. In 1939, South Rodanthe got its own post office and became Waves. The northernmost village became "Rodanthe," no longer needing the "North" to distinguish it from its sister village.
Another page on that site says the postal service probably changed the name because it was easier to pronounce!!!! Go figure.[/quote]
Rob....neat history. I have always wondered about that. Thanks for the post.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
Mike Sanders
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA
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