Raleigh Public Record

The Historical Record

Many battles, many names, one N.C. State

A university by any other name…
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Dorothea Lynde Dix

It took a tenacious political reformer to get North Carolina its first mental hospital.
March 3, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

Cherry Bounce, recipe for a capital city

The history of Isaac Hunter’s Tavern, plus an old Raleigh recipe.
February 23, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

Raleigh’s Confederate Cemetery

A brief history of the Oakwood Cemetery.
February 15, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

A Regulator at Joel Lane’s

North Carolina’s prelude to the Revolutionary War.
February 10, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »

The Hemp Gatherers

The Tuscarora, which means “Hemp Gatherers,” used the area around Raleigh as a hunting ground before European explorers North Carolina.
February 1, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »

Temple of Love

Central Prison, formerly known as the “Temple of Love.”
January 26, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »

Raleigh’s 1840 election riot

Rioting on the once and future Grog Alley, also known as Hargett Street.
January 18, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »

Raleigh’s first black politician

Looking back at Raleigh’s first African-American politician as America prepares to inaugurate its first African-American President.
January 11, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »

Andrew Johnson’s father, a hero in his own right

Andrew Johnson’s father: bartender, janitor and church sexton. Died this week in 1812.
January 4, 2009 | Posted in: The Historical Record | Comments closed | Full Story »