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About Durham
The city of Durham, NC is located 20 miles northwest of Raleigh and is considered the former apex of the tobacco industry. This notoriety started when Washington Duke returned from the Civil War and began producing tobacco. His sons later created the American Tobacco Industry and eventually donated money to Trinity... [read more]
Durham Factoid
Durham began as a Native American village named Adshusheer on the Great Indian Trading Path. It was resettled by Scot, Irish and English colonists in the 1700s and named Durham in 1853 in honor of Bartlett S. Durham, a local physician.