Mullet Fishermen: A Journey from North Carolina to Florida
The Florida fishing village known as Cortez has long been populated by folks with surnames that have for even longer been associated with the Bogue Sound area of North Carolina.

Fishermen and net reel, Cortez, Florida, 1920. Burns, Julian and John Taylor, the three on the left, were all from Carteret County. John Taylor first homesteaded on Longboat Key, then came to Cortez. Julian is remembered for his leadership in starting the Cortez Volunteer Fire Department. Photo: Courtesy of Manatee County Public Library
Mullet fishermen: A journey from Carteret County to Florida
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