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Henry Pigott's 1967 Sale Created Cape Lookout National Seashore

In 1967, Henry Pigott, the last male resident of Portsmouth Village, sold his ancestral North Carolina island home to the government to help establish the Cape

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1962 Storm Prompts Robert Moses' Fire Island Highway Plan, Leading to National Seashore

Following a 1962 storm, Robert Moses proposed a highway on Fire Island, but local opposition and federal support led to the creation of Fire Island National Sea

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Henry Pigott's 1967 Sale Created Cape Lookout National Seashore

1962 Storm Prompts Robert Moses' Fire Island Highway Plan, Leading to National Seashore

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