On the Outer Banks, sands shift again

RALEIGH -- Near the end of the 19th century, Diamond City was the largest community on the Outer Banks. Never heard of it? That's because it's not there today. The village of 500 people was on Shackelford Banks, not far from Cape Lookout. A series of storms in the late 1800s marked the end of Diamond City. Two ...

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