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' Scene of Big FightHatteras Fight FightHatteras Hatteras N C CFour -Four Four - hundred hundredyears hundredyears hwd hwdyears unknown ship broke brokeup brokeup brokeup ago some years upon this graveyard of the At AtlanUc Atlantic Atlantic up lanUc lantic and thereby struck the thebanks thebanks thebanks banks a blow that left them shud spud shuddermg spuddaring shuddenng Because of that thatship thatship thatthip dermg daring ever since ship great dunes have rolled over overand overind 1nd and ' devoured mighty forests forestsstorms forestsstorms foreststtorms storms have opened new inlets mlets from fromtce'tn fromacein fromoce-in fromoce in and have closed old oldinlets oldinlets oldInlets tce'tn tcetn acein ) ' - to sound inlets to navigation and the natural naturalmlgra naturalmigration naturalmigration mlgra migration hon of fishThe fishThe flsh fish flshThe The th n line Ime of outer banks which whichcreate whichcreate whichcreate create North Carolina Carolma s numerous numeroussounds numeroussounds numeroussounds sounds were built bUllt up by the ocean oceanand oceanand oceanand and engineers think thmk the slow building bUild bUildmg building mg ing process would have continued continuedexcept continuedexcept continuedexcept except tor for that shipwreck and oth 0th others 0thers others ers which follov followed . ed Horses from fromthe fromthe fromthe the shipwrecks reached shore bred bredinto bredinto bredinto into great droves of wild ponies ponieswhlch poniesrh , , < oh overran the banks and p pawed wed up the vegetal vegetat on When WhenconslderabIe Whenconsiderable Whenconsiderable conslderabIe considerable areas of the land I"nd Ind " be became became became came thus exposed expo.ed expoed . to wind wmd andVa and \Va Va wa Vater water \ water the thegeography thegeography thegeography ter the ero erosion ereion ; lOn now threatening threatenmg geography of North Carolina Carolma be began began began gan It ga ned acceleration as It Itprogressed itprogressed itprogressed progressed until unhI Hatteras and he heother heother heother the theeasy theeasy theeasy other serpent ne islands became easy prey of every \ whim hIm of the eIements elements ele eIe ments mentsNov mentsNo No Nov v the government is attempt attemptIng attempting ing to preserve the m Ic Ie le upon mileof mile of lovely wreck strewn strev.n strevn . beach fora for fora fora a Nat onal onaI oval Coastal park authorized authorizedby by congress and to anchor the thebanks thebanks thebanks banks down so that they wffl w1U will be bemore bemore bamore more habitable for the fishermen fishermenwho fishermenwho fishermenwho who I 1 Ive ve ye there and the sportsmen sportsmenwho sportsmenwho who \ ho visit the regionBattle regionBattle region Battle Is Under Wayror Waytor Way For ror tor more than 150 miles mlles upon the thestormy thestormy thestormy stormy side of five thin islands the thebattle thebattle thebattle battle against agamst the waves and wmd wind wmdIS windis windis IS under way and for the first time timeens timeen timeeng ens ensneers en victorytreat neers see a chance for vlctoryGreat victory vlctory treat Great mountains mounlams of loose sand sandwhich sandwhich sandwhich which for years have drifted wIlly wally wIllymlly wallynilly Willynilly mlly nilly up and down the banks blot blottmg blottang blotting tmg tang out forests and freshwater freshwaterlakessanctuaries freshwaterlakessanctuaries freshwaterlakes lakes-sanctuaries lakes sanctuaries - sanctuaries of waterfowl- waterfowl waterfowlI waterfowlhave waterfowlhave waterfowl-have waterfowl have - have been halted by plantlngs pIantings plantings of ofbeach ofbeach ofbeach I beach grass or by sand fences which whichI I check short the momentum of wnnd wmd wind , ' ( blown sand Roundups have rid the theIslands theislands theislands Islands of most of the wild wlld pon pen esThe esThe es The battle has been carried earned rlght right rlghtinto rightinto rightInto into the teeth of the Atlantic which whichis whichis whichis is so turbulent in m the region ot of otdreaded ofdreaded ofdreaded dreaded Diamond Dlamond shoals For Foryears Foryears Foryears years the storms have wasted the thebeach thebeach thebeach beach and the ocean has advanced advancedso so far that several years ago the theI thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment I government abandoned old Hatteras HatterasI Hatterashghthouse Hatteraslighthouse Hatteraslighthouse I hghthouse lighthouse h ghest in the East to toI tothe tothe tothe the waves Once it stood a mile milefrom milefrom milafrom I from water but recently high tides tideslapped tideslapped tideslapped lapped the base of the towerEngmeers towerEngineers tower Engineers Engmeers of the beach erOSlon erosion erOSlonproJect erosionproject erosionproject proJect carried earned on by 800 CCC boys boysunder boysunder boysunder under the direct dlrect on of the park serv servI service service ervice I ice have found a way to make the theI theocean theocean theocean ocean give back the stolen land landAt landAt landAt I At the top of the beach at the crest crestof crestof crestof of tides tldes they bu It fences-some fences some fences - some of ofstakes ofstakes ofstakes stakes and brush some of JuteWhere juteWhere jute Where the fences were the waves wavesbUlIt wavesbuilt wavesbuilt bUlIt built up ridges of sand-m sand m sand - m mature maturedunes maturedunes maturedunes dunes The r dge became higherand higherand higher and higher at last covering covermg the thefence thefence thefence fence completely Another fence fencewas fencewas fencewas was built upon this new dune fore foreing foreing mg ing the beach bulwark on up uprorces upForces upForces rorces Forces rorcestlantlc Itlantic \tlantlc tlantlc ttlantie \ BackNow BackNow Back Now a new fence is bu It several severalyards severalyards severalyards yards in m front of the old one be between between between tween the new dunn dune and the water waterA waterA waterA A second ridge rldge is thus formed and andas andas andas as the beach shelf shelt is bu It h gher gherthe gherthe gherthe the sea is forced back and dry landextended land landextended landextended extended on out into mto the Atlanl1cA AtlanticA Atlantic Atlanl1c A particularly successful fence fencewas fencewas fencewas was driven between menaced Hat Hat- Hatteras Hatteras Hatteras - - teras ghthouse Ighthouse 1 I and the tides tldes and andnow andnow andnow now a great levee man planned but butocean butocean butocean ocean built bUllt protects the tower towerfrom towerfrom towerfrom from waterBeach waterBeach water waterBeach Beach sand fixation was first sUe sUecessful suecessful suecessful cessful when l\ l \ . 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