Durham, North Carolina: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
George Swan (talk | contribs) (first draft) |
Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "North Carolina" to "North Carolina (U.S. state)") |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Durham, North Carolina''' is a city in [[North Carolina]] with a long historical connection to the production, and sale, of [[tobacco]], and tobacco products. | [[File:Fire engines parade down Durham, North Carolina's Main Street, in the 1910s.png | thumb | 400px | This parade down Durham's main street, in the 1910s, may be celebrating the founding of the [[Confederate States of America]].<ref name=DurhamPostcardHistory/>]] | ||
'''Durham, North Carolina''' is a city in [[North Carolina (U.S. state)]] with a long historical connection to the production, and sale, of [[tobacco]], and tobacco products.<ref name=DurhamPostcardHistory/> Approximately 250,000 people live in Durham | |||
Durham was founded in the early 1850s, when a depot on the [[North Carolina Railroad]] was built there.<ref name=DurhamPostcardHistory/> | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|refs= | |||
<ref name=DurhamPostcardHistory> | |||
{{cite news | |||
| url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=zxiT8i7DOb0C&pg=PA6&dq=%22history+of%22+%22Durham+North+Carolina%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR-JvEpPH5AhVghIkEHYbhAMcQ6AF6BAhdEAI#v=onepage&q=%22history%20of%22%20%22Durham%20North%20Carolina%22&f=false | |||
| title = Durham, North Carolina: A Postcard History | |||
| author = Stephen E. Massengill | |||
| publisher = [[Arcadia Publishing]] | |||
| year = 1997 | |||
| page = | |||
| isbn = 9780738554457 | |||
| archiveurl = | |||
| archivedate = | |||
| accessdate = 2022-08-31 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
{{cite news | |||
| url = | |||
| title = | |||
| work = | |||
| author = | |||
| date = | |||
| page = | |||
| location = | |||
| isbn = | |||
| language = | |||
| trans-title = | |||
| archiveurl = | |||
| archivedate = | |||
| accessdate = 2022-08-31 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
{{cite news | |||
| url = | |||
| title = | |||
| work = | |||
| author = | |||
| date = | |||
| page = | |||
| location = | |||
| isbn = | |||
| language = | |||
| trans-title = | |||
| archiveurl = | |||
| archivedate = | |||
| accessdate = 2022-08-31 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
{{cite news | |||
| url = | |||
| title = | |||
| work = | |||
| author = | |||
| date = | |||
| page = | |||
| location = | |||
| isbn = | |||
| language = | |||
| trans-title = | |||
| archiveurl = | |||
| archivedate = | |||
| accessdate = 2022-08-31 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
}} | |||
Latest revision as of 09:31, 2 August 2023
This parade down Durham's main street, in the 1910s, may be celebrating the founding of the Confederate States of America.[1]
Durham, North Carolina is a city in North Carolina (U.S. state) with a long historical connection to the production, and sale, of tobacco, and tobacco products.[1] Approximately 250,000 people live in Durham
Durham was founded in the early 1850s, when a depot on the North Carolina Railroad was built there.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephen E. Massengill. Durham, North Carolina: A Postcard History, Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved on 2022-08-31.