Mattie Midgette timeline.
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Updated: 9 Apr 2019
1897-2020
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Created byZach Broughe
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Mattie Midgette is born to
Willie & Nellie Twiford,
January 23, 1897, in
Mags Head Woods.Mattie Midgette's Store &
House listed in the National
Register of Historic PlacesLouis Armstrong plays
at the CASINO Ballroom
in Nags HeadMattie opens her store near the soundside
resort in 1914 when she was 17 years old.Nellie Myrtle Pridgen
passed away 7-21-1992Nellie Myrtle Midgette is born
to Mattie & Jethro Midgette on
May 17, 1918, in Nags Head Woods,Nell's daughter and
Beachcomber Museum
founder, Carmen Lee
Pridgen, is born 7-10-1937Nell finds her prized Argonaut shell
in front of the Arlington Hotel, 1957.1987: National Geographic Magazine
writer Charlie Cobb walks with
Nell on her beach, she tells him
"to know what the sea is doing,
you must see it on every tide."1937: President F.D. Roosevelt
visits across the street from
Mattie's store at the Buchanan
cottage before attending the
"Lost Colony" outdoor drama
at Waterside Theater in Manteo.The Midgette's roll their store and
family home to the new Beach Road
constructed along the oceanfront in 1932 .1962: The Ash Wednesday Storm
strikes the Outer Banks on March 7,
proving Jethro's concerns over the
bypass to have been correct.Mattie sells longer pier pilings to
her brother-in law Graham Hollowell,
owner of the legendary Hollowell Hotel.
He used them to extend his soundside
pier further into the sound to accept
steamers directly from Elizabeth City.Jethro Hooper Midgett is born in
Mann's Harbor, May, 11, 1893.1960: Jethro and Mattie Midgette
make their concerns about the
potential effects of the proposed
plans for the construction of the
elevated bypass known, citing the
potential for catastrophic flooding
from water trapped between the
oceanfront and the raised highway.September, 1926: Mattie's parents sell
772 acres, including "Kill Devil Hill",
to noted artist, developer, and conser-
vationist Frank Stick in 1928 for $10,000.Some
event
happenedFrancis Nixon “discovers” Nags Head
in 1830 and purchases 200 acres to
use as his summer retreat.William Otis Twiford and
Penelope Ella Russell are both
born in the Nags Head Woods in 1870
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