The Historical Record
1883 Election and Ouster of Black Aldermen
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The story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.
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Saint Mary’s
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The history of St. Mary’s, once in the wilds of central North Carolina, through the Civil War and its annexation to the capital city.
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The Olivia Raney library, Raleigh’s first
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The story of Raleigh’s first library.
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Nazareth: Orphans, Ghosts and a Saint
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The Nazareth Orphanage once occupied 600 acres in Raleigh.
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The Civil War Comes to Raleigh, Part 2
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In the second installment of this two-part series, a historian describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War.
The Historical Record
The Civil War comes to Raleigh, Part 1
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In the first of this two-part series, historian Ernest Dollar describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War firsthand.
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The Method Community
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A brief history of the Method Road community, annexed by Raleigh in the 1960s.
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William Boylan, Federalist turned state’s rights supporter
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Boylan Heights’ namesake, his unpopular political views and love of Raleigh.
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The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
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The history of Raleigh’s railroad, and how it may have saved Raleigh’s position as the state capital.
