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The Tornado and the Three Day Celebration

An 1892 replica of the Tornado, the first train to arrive in Raleigh. Currently housed in a museum in Hamlet, NC

1840 was a big year for Raleigh. In fact, it’s one of the most important in the city’s history. On March 21, 1840, the first steam locomotive came roaring and screeching into Raleigh on wooden tracks (the iron strips to cover them would come later). That same year would see the construction of the city’s most recognized and celebrated architectural treasure: the new State Capitol.

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Fayetteville Street, looking North, Raleigh, N.C.

This week for Flashback Friday — yet another astonishing postcard find. Our lovelorn ‘Cullen’ continues to pine for his distant sweetheart Emmie.
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Morning View 061511

Is that dog food I smell ? No, it’s the Cargill soybean processing plant on S. Blount St. Most people I know still call it the Purina plant. Drive by on a hot day and you won’t be disappointed by the smell.

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