USA TRAVEL GUIDE, “SOUTHEAST” NORTH CAROLINA

DURHAM: THE BULL CITY

BY  CLAY LARROY

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Durham is a colorful, creative, and entrepreneurial community of 273,392 that welcomes 7.8 million visitors each year. Durham occupies a prime location in the heart of North Carolina and is a nexus for learning, achievement, creativity, research, and industry. Whether you're a resident, visitor, group planner, newcomer, journalist, or consultant, these official stats, facts, and images will provide new perspectives on Durham.

Al Buehler Cross Country Trail 
Durham
More than three miles of gravel jogging and walking trails around the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Course. Named for Al Buehler, former Duke track coach and six-time ACC Champion.

More than three miles of gravel jogging and walking trails around the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Course. Named for Al Buehler, former Duke track coach and six-time ACC Champion.

Brightleaf Historic District, Downtown
Durham
Anchored by namesake Brightleaf Square, which includes turn-of-the-century brick tobacco warehouses with world-class

Bull City Carriage Company
Durham
Horse-drawn carriage (4 occupants) offers 20-30 minute tours around the Brightleaf district and Duke’s East Campus. Operation hours from 6:00 pm-11:30 pm Friday/Saturday nights, weather permitting. Main pick up point is corner of Main Street and Gregson Street in front of DeVine’s. Cost is $9 per person or $15 per couple; kids are free.

Bennett Place State Historic Site
Durham
Bennett Place is a historic site where the largest Civil War Confederate troop surrender occurred. Visitors to Bennett Place are taken back in time to April 1865 where Major General Sherman and General Johnston met at the farm of James and Nancy Bennett near Durham to negotiate the terms of peace that effectively ended the American Civil War. View the reconstructed Bennett Farm, which includes a visitor center and museum that features a theater presentation and living history reenactments. Bennett Place is free and open to the public and visitors are invited to enjoy nature trails and a picnic area.

B.N. Duke Auditorium
Durham
Built in 1937, historic auditorium hosts concerts, festivals, lectures and performances.

Carolina Theatre of Durham
Durham
Part of the Durham Civic Center Complex, the renovated, Downtown historic Beaux Arts Carolina Theatre features Fletcher Hall, a 1,016-seat auditorium and two art cinemas.

Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum
Durham
National Historic Landmark where Washington Duke started his successful tobacco empire. Duke family’s mid-1800s home, tobacco barns, original factory, and museum showcase the beginnings of the modern day tobacco industry.

Duke Forest
Durham
7,060-acre teaching and research forest of Duke University with a variety of ecosystems represented.

Duke Lemur Center
Durham
An ideal tour for families and friends, learn about the similarities and differences between lemur species and what makes lemurs some of the most fascinating animals in the world. Visitors will typically observe about 10 different species of lemurs. Bring you camera, as you will be amazed by these wonderful creatures! Ask about our behind-the-scenes and walking with lemurs tours, too. Please note that tours are by appointment only and reservations are required.

Duke University Chapel
Durham
Built in 1930, the cathedral-like centerpiece of Duke’s West Campus soars 210 feet and is one of the last great collegiate Gothic projects Built in 1930, the cathedral-like centerpiece of Duke’s West Campus soars 210 feet and is one of the last great collegiate Gothic projects in the United States. Features the Flentrop Organ (5,200 pipes), 50-bell carillon, and stained-glass windows. Numerous chapel services and recitals each week.

Great Indian Trading Path
Durham
Famous Piedmont fur and deerskin trading route through what is now Durham. Used by European explorers, hunters, and settlers after 1670. Passes Arrowhead Inn (circa 1774), Stagville and Hardscrabble Plantations, dating to late 1700s.

Historic Durham Athletic Park
Durham
Former home (1926-94) of the famous Durham Bulls and film location for the movie “Bull Durham.” Now a Minor League Baseball training lab and home to the NCCU Eagles; the Bulls play a mile south in Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

James E. Shepard House
Durham
Built in 1925 for N.C. Central University founder James E. Shepard. Served as the official residence of the university’s presidents through the early 1980s and hosted such luminaries as W.E.B. DuBois, Phillip Randolph, Marian Anderson and Mary McLeod Bethune. A grant from the National Park Service and private donations helped fund a $685,000 renovation of the property, which displays interactive exhibits on the life and work of Dr. Shepard and serves as a space for small gatherings.

North Carolina Collection at Durham County Library
Durham
Durham and North Carolina historical documents, maps, records and photographic archives.

Selena Warren Wheeler Collection - Stanford L. Warren Branch
Durham
Collection of African-American cultural artifacts, history, and literature. Located in the second African-American library in North Carolina, originally established in 1913 in the basement of the old White Rock Baptist Church.

Wheels Family Fun Park
Durham
A full-service family entertainment center open 7 days/week, with skateboarding park, race course for remote-control cars (RC Speedway), go-karts, mini-golf, batting cages, indoor roller-skating, and an indoor playground. The skateboarding park offers a mini half-pipe, bump-humps, rails, spines and other skateboard-related features ($15 per day; $9 for members). Mini-golf: $3 per person.

REFERENCE SITES
http://durhamnc.gov/Pages/Home.aspx

http://www.visitnc.com/

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