Monday, April 18, 2016

Contest Winner

Congratulations to Greg Smith who submitted the winning entry to last week's contest. Greg guessed that the 1951 price of a 1/2 acre lot on Portsmouth Island was $22.50.   His guess was the closest to the actual price of $15.99!

Below is a copy of the original deed. Click on the deed for a larger, easier to read image. For information about how to get an even better quality image please follow the directions on the right, under the icon for OcracokeNavigator.com. 

1951 Deed



















Many thanks to all who entered our contest. We will be mailing this hand-crafted pottery bowl by Sunset Hill Stoneware to Greg in the next few days.


















This month's Ocracoke Newsletter is about the 1977 recording of traditional Outer Banks folk music. You can read the article here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news032116.htm.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous9:53 AM

    If one has old copies of the information please almanac perhaps one could extrapolate a price on the lot back in 1951. As I searched for datum on income levels for that year I discovered income statistics for a 2012 North Carolina The average income for the TOP 1% of NC residents was 828,487 and the average income for the bottom 99% was $40,000. Back in 1928 he top 1% earned 16.7% of all state income in 2007 it was 17% still looking for statistics on 1951. DD

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