Kill Devil Hills North
Carolina
Looking for a home in
the friendly coastal town of Kill Devil Hills NC.
Kill
Devil Hills NC is one of the most popular vacation
destinations on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. With
thousands of vacation homes, great restaurants, sports,
activities, and shopping, Kill Devil Hills is at
the center of an Outer Banks vacation. Kill Devil Hills
is the Outer Banks' oldest township, established in
1952. But the landmark that lends the town its
distinctive name has been around much longer.
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Hills NC
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Kill Devil Hills NC is the site of the Wright
Brothers National Memorial, commemorating Orville
Wright's historic first flight in a machine powered
heavier than air vehicle. This historic event occurred
on Thursday, December 17, 1903. The Wrights returned in
1911, and on October 25, Orville Wright reached an
elevation of 225 feet and remained in the air 10 minutes
and 34 seconds in a glider, setting a new world record
The name Kill Devil Hills can be dated
back to the colonial era. Shipwrecks were common at the
time, and many of the ships were transporting barrels of
rum. Upon a shipwreck, locals would scavenge the ship
and hide the rum they found behind the same large sand
dunes where the Wright brothers later flew the first
plane. The locals said that the rum was strong enough to
"kill the devil," so the dunes where they would hide the
rum were nicknamed 'Kill Devil Hills |
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