1883 Election and Ouster of Black Aldermen
By Kate Pattison • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestThe story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.
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Saint Mary’s
By Kate Pattison • May 15th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestThe history of St. Mary’s, once in the wilds of central North Carolina, through the Civil War and its annexation to the capital city.
The Olivia Raney library, Raleigh’s first
By Kate Pattison • May 6th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestThe story of Raleigh’s first library.
Nazareth: Orphans, Ghosts and a Saint
By Kate Pattison • Apr 27th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestThe Nazareth Orphanage once occupied 600 acres in Raleigh.
The Civil War Comes to Raleigh, Part 2
By Kate Pattison • Apr 21st, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestIn the second installment of this two-part series, a historian describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War.
The Civil War comes to Raleigh, Part 1
By Kate Pattison • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestIn the first of this two-part series, historian Ernest Dollar describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War firsthand.
The Method Community
By Kate Pattison • Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestA brief history of the Method Road community, annexed by Raleigh in the 1960s.
Raleigh Street Names
By Kate Pattison • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestWhere did all those downtown street names come from?
William Boylan, Federalist turned state’s rights supporter
By Kate Pattison • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestBoylan Heights’ namesake, his unpopular political views and love of Raleigh.
The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
By Kate Pattison • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: The Historical Record, The LatestThe history of Raleigh’s railroad, and how it may have saved Raleigh’s position as the state capital.
