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[[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]] 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, North Carolina''' is a city in [[North Carolina]] 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



Revision as of 08:49, 31 August 2022

[[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.[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.[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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephen E. Massengill. Durham, North Carolina: A Postcard History, Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved on 2022-08-31.