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"Here are some facts about me:
I was actually founded in 1853, not 1920. Friendster birthdates just don't go back that..."
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Occupation:
City
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Hobbies and Interests:
I like artists, musicians, community activists, and bicyclists.
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Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
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About Me:
Here are some facts about me:
I was actually founded in 1853, not 1920. Friendster birthdates just don't go back that far. I am 153 years old.
1853: Post Office established at "Durham's" (named after country
doctor
who enjoyed serenading the town on moonshiny nights).
1858: First tobacco factory established at Durham Station, making
Best
Spanish Flavored Smoking Tobacco.
1865: New owner renames brand "Genuine Durham Smoking
Tobacco"
and adopts the bull emblem.
1872: Durham establishes Maplewood Cemetery. Louis Austin,
who had
wanted the site for a ball park, is killed in fireworks demonstration
and
instead becomes occupant of Burial Marker No.1.
1874: Washington Duke moves residence and tobacco business
into
Durham.
1890: Buck Duke creates American Tobacco Company, controlling
90%
of US cigarette market.
1892: To diversify its investments, Duke builds the Erwin Cotton
Mills on
Ninth Street.
1895: Erwin Park established, eventually becoming a city park --
Durham's oldest public park.
1902: The Durham Bulls officially start and invent the term
"Bullpen," where relief pitchers warm up. (This fun fact is from j-
me. j-me you are a nerd)
1908: Construction begins on Watts Hospital at Broad and Club
Blvd, for
white patients only. Duke Land & Improvement Company formed
and it
begins to sell plots in what is to become Trinity Park.
1910: North Carolina Central University opens its doors, becomes
nation's first state-supported liberal arts college for African
American
students.
1910: In one of the Bull City's early large-scale speculative real
estate
ventures, the Durham Consolidated Land & Improvement Co
begins to
develop Walltown.
1910: Construction begins on Club Estates (community eventually
becomes Watts Hospital-Hillandale).
1911: US Supreme Court breaks up American Tobacco Trust into
smaller
companies.
1913: Durham Bulls play first
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Who I Want to Meet:
people who can tell me what i'm all about. also people who can
motivate me to totally fucking rule.
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friends school! ick-poo elementary! hillandale
elementary! durham arts council classes! eno
river! duke gardens! 9th street bakery! wellspring
(before it moved)! and oval park <3
oh my childhood....
marriage. Otherwise I would marry
Durham. But I would divorce Durham in a
heartbeat for the next easy city who
came along.
beef. Does Durham know forgiveness?
ROCK! YOU Rock. Don't miss out on the fun.
3rd Saturday of every month:
FAME:RINGSIDE:D-U-R-H-A-M
and river, your special place, your
sky scraper, your empty buildings,
your fire escapes, your art deco, your
strip malls, your mill houses, your
food marts, your front porches, your
backyards, your thrift stores, your
biscuits, your drive-in, your radio
stations, your amazing mexican parade
i saw for the first time the last
month i was there. and i miss so much
of you that is gone now, your tobacco
smell, your pan pan diner, your south
square, your fourth of july fireworks.
My home will always be where the heart
of durham is.
and I would have "town-gown" issues,
but they were so wrong. I find you
delightful.
world. No matter where I go I rep Bull
City to the fullest. I can't even get
a tattoo if it isn't on Ninth Street.
Speaking of Ninth Street, what about
those Blue Devils.....come on now what
more could you want. That's it, I'm
done. -South Durham's Finest