http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/12/24/wright-brothers-werent-only-inventors-on-outer-banks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wright-brothers-werent-only-inventors-on-outer-banks Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/12/24/wright-brothers-werent-only-inventors-on-outer-banks/comment-page-1/#comment-958285 Thomas Cole Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=19269#comment-958285 Great to think of the Outer Banks as an incubator for inventors! Fessenden was an early pioneer in wireless broadcasting, though an article written on the centenary of his most famous breakthrough casts doubt on the Christmas Eve story: http://www.rwonline.com/article/fessenden-world39s-first-broadcaster/15157.

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