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from the beach and manned. The. lighter being heavy, it required a large portion of the able-bodied men of the town to handle it. Among the most active on such occasions, to man the lighter, was Judge Hale. Many of the citizens of
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on May 26, 1836, and settled at the small southern town then known as "Pike Creek". The next year, the town's name would be changed to "Southport," and, in 1850, finally the settlement would be incorporated as a city with its present
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stores in settlement of 200 people—his partner was John Bullen, whose brother
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