In the African American communities that were home to menhaden fishermen-- in Morehead City and Beaufort, in rural communities such as North River and Harlowe, and in fishing ports up and down the coast-- it seemed like everybody lost a loved one when the Parkins went down.
Morehead City NC
The Wallace Fish Factory, 1939
This is the Charles S. Wallace Co.'s menhaden factory in Carteret County, N.C., 1939. The factory was located three miles west of Morehead City, on Bogue Sound, just opposite the site of the county hospital today.