Shipwreck "Crissie Wright" Common Grave

(January 11, 1886)
To this day, Beaufort natives still use the expression 'cold as the night the 'Crissie Wright' came ashore.' The sailors who froze to death during that shipwreck are buried here. This tragedy is said to have fueled the creation of the Cape Lookout Lifesaving Station a year later.

See coastalguide.com/tales for the full story.