The Historical Record

1883 Election and Ouster of Black Aldermen

The story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.

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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 story of Raleigh’s first library.

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The Nazareth Orphanage once occupied 600 acres in Raleigh.

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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.

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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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A brief history of the Method Road community, annexed by Raleigh in the 1960s.

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Where did all those downtown street names come from?

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Boylan Heights’ namesake, his unpopular political views and love of Raleigh.

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The history of Raleigh’s railroad, and how it may have saved Raleigh’s position as the state capital.

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