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Many battles, many names, one N.C. State
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A university by any other name…
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Dorothea Lynde Dix
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It took a tenacious political reformer to get North Carolina its first mental hospital.
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Cherry Bounce, recipe for a capital city
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The history of Isaac Hunter’s Tavern, plus an old Raleigh recipe.
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A Regulator at Joel Lane’s
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North Carolina’s prelude to the Revolutionary War.
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The Hemp Gatherers
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The Tuscarora, which means “Hemp Gatherers,” used the area around Raleigh as a hunting ground before European explorers North Carolina.
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Raleigh’s 1840 election riot
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Rioting on the once and future Grog Alley, also known as Hargett Street.
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Raleigh’s first black politician
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Looking back at Raleigh’s first African-American politician as America prepares to inaugurate its first African-American President.
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Andrew Johnson’s father, a hero in his own right
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Andrew Johnson’s father: bartender, janitor and church sexton. Died this week in 1812.
