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  History of Durham, North Carolina, USA

Journey back in time to Durham, North Carolina, USA

Visit Durham, North Carolina, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1865 - April 26 - Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tenn, at Durham NC
  
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• 1895 - Durham
  Durham, a post-village, capital of Durham co., N.C., 26 miles by rail N.W. of Raleigh. It has 13 churches, 3 banks, 4 newspaper offices, 2 colleges,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1897 - BIG FIRE IN DURHAM.
  News of a big fire in Durham reached Statesville yesterday. It is said the fire originated in a leaf tobacco warehouse and the report was that 20...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1907 - Hotel Burns
  Durham, N. C., May 3. - Fire destroyed the Hotel Carolina, a four story frame structure located in the center of the city, entailing a loss of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Handsome Residence, Durham, N.C.
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  Hotel Malbourne
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• 1916
  Durham, a banking city, capital of Durham co., N.C., 26 miles NW. of Raleigh, on the Norfolk and Western and other railroads. It has manufactures of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  One of the Plants of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, Durham, N.C., Home of Chesterfield Cigarettes - "They Satisfy"
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• 1944 - First racially integrated basketball game in the South
  On March 12, 1944, the first racially integrated basketball game in the South was played in
  Durham between North Carolina College (now NC Central...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1954 - September 2 - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
  
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