SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — Most people are aware of the Oak Island Lighthouse and Bald Head Island Lighthouse which stand tall along the Cape Fear coastline. But far fewer know of the much smaller ...

1789: Benjamin Smith, governor of North Carolina from 1810-1811 and the ... 1898: The U.S. Government acquires 20 acres for the Cape Fear Lighthouse and the “Federal Road” through condemnation.