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Early Development, Prior to 1830
A southern capital is established among plantations along a major north-south road. This early period includes the founding of Raleigh in 1792 and continues through the first few decades of the…
Late Nineteenth Century, 1866-1899
Education, manufacturing, and retail expand in Raleigh's healthy economy at the end of the nineteenth century The exuberance and variety of late-nineteenth-century architecture contrasts with…
Medical Care in Raleigh
Health care is a major industry in twenty-first century Raleigh, so it is odd to recall that there were no hospitals and few doctors here in the early nineteenth century. White physicians generally…