Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 8) West Point on the Eno City Park ��F Duke University Perkins Library F THINGS TO SEE & DO 5101 N Roxboro Rd (US Hwy 501), 471-1623, www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks/parks.cfm Located along the Eno River in northern Durham, the park features a reconstructed 1778 working grist mill with cornmeal for sale, the historic McCown-Mangum House dating to the mid-1800s, the Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography, hiking trails, and amphitheater. Picnicking, hiking, rafting, and canoeing available. Open sunrise to sunset daily. Buildings open 1-5pm weekends. Science and Research Drives, 684-3009, www.lib.duke.edu/libraries.htm America’s seventh-largest private university library. Houses several thousand rare and unique materials in its Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, including maps, photographs, films, broadsides, and Confederate prints. Holdings of ancient clay tablets, manuscripts, and books printed prior to 1501. Forest History Society F HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS American Dance Festival Archives F DC V B A Fortunate Marketing Mistake The origin of Durham’s nickname, the “Bull City,” has nothing to do with cattle! John Green of the Blackwell Tobacco Company named his product “Bull” Durham Tobacco after Colman’s Mustard, which used a bull in its logo and which Green mistakenly thought was produced in Durham, England. By the time James B. Duke of the American Tobacco Company purchased the Blackwell Tobacco Company in 1898, Bull Durham was the most famous trademark in the world. It sparked such popular phrases as “bullpen” (from a Bull Durham ad painted behind the Yankees’ dugout) and “shooting the bull” (most likely from chewing tobacco). The famous bull’s image was painted all over the world, including on the Great Pyramid of Egypt! An innovator and pioneering marketer, Duke put cigarette cards, the forerunner to today’s baseball cards, into each pack of tobacco. By the 1930s they were immensely popular, and today they are much sought-after collectors’ items. Perkins and Lilly Libraries at Duke University, 684-6402, www.americandancefestival.org/archive/archiveshome.html Archival materials available year-round for the general public, as well as choreographers, dancers, teachers, critics, and scholars. Available at Perkins and Lilly libraries on Duke University’s West and East Campuses. 701 Vickers Ave, 682-9319, www.foresthistory.org Home of National Forestry Archives. Includes books, periodicals, maps, clippings, photographs, and computer database. M-F 8am-5pm History of Medicine Collections F 8 Center for Documentary Studies at F Duke University 103 Seeley G. Mudd Bldg, Duke University Medical Center Library, 660-1100, www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/hmc Vintage medical equipment including the nation’s largest collection of miniature ivory mannequins and 20,000 books and manuscripts in Greek, Latin, and English. Open Tu-F, 9:30am-4pm. 1317 W Pettigrew St, 660-3663, www-cds.aas.duke.edu Independent, non-profit organization dedicated to a new vision of documentary arts and process to education and community life. The center supports documentary work through courses, exhibitions, publishing, fieldwork, community programs, and awards. James E. Shepard Memorial Library F 1801 Fayetteville St, 530-6475, http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary N.C. Central University’s main library, which serves as a repository for federal documents, maps, and microfilm. The library’s Treasure Room preserves many primary materials on African-American life and culture. Open MSa, 8am-1am; Su, 2pm-1am. Civil War Historical Markers Historians have long considered Durham a significant destination for Civil War enthusiasts. The “Carolinas Campaign: End of the War” Civil War Trail traces Union Gen. Sherman’s march across North Carolina and culminates in Durham, where the War effectively ended. Retrace the War’s final days by following the six specialized markers detailing the historical significance of Durham Civil War sites: Bennett Place ��F 4409 Bennett Memorial Rd, Bennett Place State Historic Site Site where the Civil War ended and emancipation took effect in the states of the Confederacy. Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston met here 17 days after Lee’s 1865 Appomattox surrender to arrange the largest troop surrender of the war. Brassfield Station F 2901 S Miami Blvd at Durham Fire Station No. 13 In 1865, Union cavalrymen pursued retreating Confederates through this area toward Durham’s Station. Less than a century later, thousands of acres in this part of Durham came to encompass Research Triangle Park, created in 1959. Duke Homestead ��F 2828 Duke Homestead Rd, Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum National Historic Landmark and State Historic Site features Duke family’s mid-1800s home, tobacco barns, and original factory. Their brightleaf tobacco, confiscated and distributed by soldiers, led to a manufacturing and marketing revolution that helped rejuvenate the South after the Civil War. Durham’s Station F Intersection of Blackwell St and Dillard St, American Tobacco Historic District The station (present-day Downtown DCVB Durham) was the primary stop for Union officers during surrender negotiations at James Bennett’s farm, and Union Commander Kilpatrick established headquarters at the nearby home of Dr. Richard Blacknall. Leigh Farm �F 5109 Farrington Rd, Patterson’s Mill Country Store In 1865, Union and Confederate forces clashed three times near Richard Stanford Leigh’s 1,000-acre plantation—the third skirmish providing the last shots of the Civil War campaign. Part of Leigh’s estate is now home to Patterson’s Mill Country Store, an authentic turn-of-the-nineteenth-century country store and doctor’s office/pharmacy. West Point on the Eno ��F 5101 N Roxboro Rd, West Point on the Eno City Park Once a mill village, now one of two City of Durham heritage parks, West Point was marked by Union Gen. Sherman as the northern end of a truce line separating his forces from the Confederates. Union cavalrymen patrolled the surrounding area and camped here during the surrender negotiations at James and Nancy Bennett’s farm. www.durham-nc.com Key to Abbreviations � Must-See � Kid-Friendly F Free Admission http://www.lib.duke.edu/libraries.htm http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks/parks.cfm http://www.foresthistory.org http://www.americandancefestival.org/archives/collections.html http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hom/ http://www-cds.aas.duke.edu http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary http://www.durham-nc.com
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