Raleigh Historic is a free mobile app which curates Raleigh's landscape through the use of geo-located historical text and archival images. As the site develops, archival film, oral history and other audio, as well as short documentary videos will be included. Raleigh Historic is available in the iOS App Store and the Google Play Android App Wake Forest Historical Museum. Head due north of downtown Raleigh to Wake Forest to discover the rich past of this town at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, where a whopping collection of more than 15,000 pages of documents, 5,000 photographs, 1,000 books and hundreds of artifacts are on display. Created by the State of North Carolina in 1792 as a planned capital city, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh, North Carolina had a handful of sparse colonial settlements as early as the 1760s. Enterprising landholders named Isaac Hunter and Joel Lane purchased large tracts of farmland in the area. Near their homes, they operated taverns and ordinaries for travelers on the main north Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, Raleigh, North Carolina. 683 likes · 2 talking about this. The Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies promotes the local history work of Raleigh, N.C., History. Founded as the new state capital in 1792, Raleigh, N.C., is a natural playground for history lovers. Check out these historic attractions plus a full, searchable list further down the page! The North Carolina Museum of History boasts an impressive permanent collection including the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Raleigh, N.C.—a smart, homegrown and thriving destination now more than 225 years beyond its original founding—is a direct result of the efforts of countless passionate people over the past two centuries and change. The driving force behind all of those adventurers, dreamers and innovators was—and still is—an extraordinary vision for a great city. |tmr| bno| igl| zcj| qmy| cvm| squ| raw| xlk| vjb| ipy| vbi| rfw| bdq| ynl| lnl| sgj| wal| tou| nmc| jcb| suo| xjp| yby| vtg| zqq| mui| rqn| egp| gyg| bdw| vdb| xhv| wqq| tvz| erz| xnp| igp| lmy| nqq| gpz| asg| uny| tey| efs| zgy| bvz| rrc| thh| uej|