AND it's DIXEY BAR, not Dixie Bar. The clipper ship, named for Capt John H Dixey, ran up on that sand bar during a hurricane, Sept 14/ 15, 1860. Nineteen men died when the ship broke apart. I pass that area every day I work. It's a common mistake for folks not to spell the name of this area correctly,but it's a part of our history. It seems to stick in my mind, and at my age I forget a few things, but that's not one of them.
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