Recent Tours

Drawing by Kevin Bell, from the cover of The Life & Times of Job Berry, by Elizabeth "Betty" Eidenier

The Life & Times of Job Berry

A tour of the locations mentioned in the new book The Life & Times of Job Berry: Hillsborough, North Carolina, 1865-1890, by Elizabeth (Betty) Eidenier, et al. The book is available locally at Purple Crow Books in Hillsborough, or online via Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Flat Duo Jets!

The Local Music Scene

This is a tour of the places that have been part of and/or contributed to the local music scene over time.

Nothing happened...

Orange County, NC Highway Historical Markers

In 1935 the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the establishment of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program (see Public Laws, Chapter 197). Since then, the program has been administered as a cooperative venture among state agencies. It is presently the joint responsibility of the Historical Research Office, Division of...

HORROR, MURDER, DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND ODDITIES

Places where people died, were killed, murdered, executed, buried, etc. Also, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. And sites of other horrors, real or imagined.

PARK PLACE / FACULTY ROW

The Park Place neighborhood, now the site of UNC's Brooks Hall and a parking lot [so, Park Place becomes a place to park], was developed in the 1920s as housing for UNC professors and faculty. Of the 10 houses originally built, only one remains.

First documented baseball game in OC

BASEBALL IN ORANGE COUNTY

Historic (adult) baseball teams from, historic ballfields, and baseball events that occurred in Orange County.

NORTH HILLS SHOPPING CENTER

The shopping center was started in 1963, with the building and opening of an A&P Super Market.

COBB TERRACE

The earliest planned development (1915) in Chapel Hill is Cobb Terrace, located at the north end of Henderson Street at the northwest corner of the Franklin-Rosemary Historic District. According to deed records, this collection of properties was part of an earlier (proposed/attempted?) development called Fairview, that was developed by Orlando B...

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA) PROJECTS

Projects undertaken in Orange County during the 1930s and early 1940s by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration (NC-ERA), Public Works Administration (PWA), and/or Federal Works Agency (FWA)

FRATERNITY ROW

Fraternity Row was once located on the western edge of the UNC campus.