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The Research Triangle , or simply The Triangle , are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina . Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill , the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University , Duke University , and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , respectively. The "Triangle" name originated in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park located between the three anchor cities, which is the largest research park in the United States and home to numerous high tech companies. [4]

The nine-county region, officially named the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area by the Office of Management and Budget , comprises the Raleigh - Cary , Durham - Chapel Hill , and Henderson , NC Metropolitan Statistical Areas . The 2020 census put the population of the area at 2,106,463, making it the second-largest combined statistical area in North Carolina, behind Charlotte . [5] The Raleigh–Durham television market includes a broader 24-county area which includes Fayetteville, North Carolina , and has a population of 2,726,000 persons. [6] Most of the Triangle is part of North Carolina's first , second , fourth , ninth , and thirteenth congressional districts. [7]

The region is sometimes confused with the Piedmont Triad , which is a North Carolina region adjacent to and directly west of the Triangle comprising Greensboro , Winston-Salem , and High Point , among other cities.

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The Natural History of North Carolina
The Cherokee's World Origin Story
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The Golden Chain
The Mystery of the First Americans
Shadows of a People
Maintaining Balance: The Religious World of the Cherokees
Cherokee Women
The Importance of One Simple Plant
Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest
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The De Soto Expedition
Juan Pardo, the People of Wateree, and First Contact
Spain's Reasons for Pardo's Expedition
The Spanish Empire's Failure to Conquer the Southeast
England's Renaissance
Merrie Olde England?
Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony
The Search for the Lost Colony
Primary Source: Amadas and Barlowe Explore the Outer Banks
Primary Source: John White Searches for the Colonists
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange At a Glance
Disease and Catastrophe
The Lost Landscape of the Piedmont
Introduction to Colonial North Carolina (1600-1763)
The Founding of Virginia
Supplies for Virginia Colonists, 1622
A Little Kingdom in Carolina
The Charter of Carolina (1663)
The Lords Proprietors
Primary Source: A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)
William Hilton Explores the Cape Fear River
Primary Source: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina
Land Ownership and Labor in Carolina
Primary Source: The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669)
Culpeper's Rebellion
The Present State of Carolina [People and Climate]
Primary Source: An Act to Encourage the Settlement of America (1707)
The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants
Primary Source: A German Immigrant Writes to Home
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Primary Source: Of the Inlets and Havens of This Country
The Life and Death of Blackbeard the Pirate
Cary's Rebellion
The Tuscarora War
Who Owns the Land?
Primary Source: John Lawson's Assessment of the Tuscarora
Primary Source: The Tuscarora Ask Pennsylvania for Aid
Primary Source: A Letter from Major Christopher Gale, November 2, 1711
Primary Source: Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Tuscarora War
The Fate of North Carolina's Native Peoples
Carolina Becomes North and South Carolina
Africans Before the Atlantic Slave Trade
Primary Source: Leo Africanus Describes Timbuktu
A Forced Migration
Primary Source: Olaudah Equiano Remembers West Africa
Primary Source: Venture Smith Describes His Enslavement
Primary Source: Falconbridge's Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa
African and African American Storytelling
Expanding to the West: Settlement of the Piedmont Region, 1730 to 1775
Mapping the Great Wagon Road
The Moravians: From Europe to North America
Primary Source: Summary of a Report Sent to Bethlehem
From Caledonia to Carolina: The Highland Scots
Primary Source: William Byrd on the People and Environment of North Carolina
Governing the Piedmont
The Importance of Rice to North Carolina
Primary Source: Janet Schaw on American Agriculture
Naval Stores and the Longleaf Pine
The Value of Money in Colonial America
Marriage in Colonial North Carolina
Families in Colonial North Carolina
Learning in Colonial Carolina
Primary Source: Jesse Cook's Orphan Apprenticeship
Benjamin Wadsworth on Children's Duties to Their Parents
North Carolina's First Newspaper
Poor Richard's Almanack
Primary Source: Nathan Cole and the First Great Awakening
Mapping Life in a Colonial Town
Colonial Cooking and Foodways
About Wills and Probate Inventories
Primary Source: Probate Inventory of Valentine Bird, 1680
Primary Source: Will of Susanna Robisson, 1709
Primary Source: Probate Inventory of Darby O'Brian, 1725
Primary Source: Will of Samuel Nicholson, 1727
Primary Source: Will of William Cartright, Sr., 1733
Primary Source: Probate Inventory of James and Anne Pollard, Tyrrell County, 1750
Primary Source: Will of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1776
Primary Source: Probate Inventory of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1777
Inventories
The French and Indian War
Fort Dobbs and the French and Indian War in North Carolina
Toward a Union of the Colonies?
The Albany Plan of Union
The Regulators
Primary Source: George Sims' An Address to the People of Granville County
Primary Source: The Regulators Organize
Primary Source: Herman Husband and "Some grievous oppressions"
Primary Source: Edmund Fanning Reports to Governor Tryon
Primary Source: Orange County Inhabitants Petition Governor Tryon
Primary Source: Songs of the Regulators
The Cost of Tryon Palace
Primary Source: Chaos in Hillsborough 1770
Primary Source: An Act for Preventing Tumultuous and Riotous Assemblies
Primary Source: An Authentick Relation of the Battle of Alamance
Primary Source: Aftermath of the Battle of Alamance
Timeline of Resistance, 1763–1774
Dashed Hopes for the Frontier
Taxes, Trade, and Resistance
The Stamp Act Crisis in North Carolina
Primary Source: A Pledge to Violate the Stamp Act
Primary Source: The First Provincial Congress
The "Edenton Tea Party"
Political Cartoon: A Society of Patriotic Ladies
Primary Source: Backcountry Residents Proclaim Their Loyalty
Primary Source: The Committees of Safety
Primary Source: Loyalist Perspective on the Violence in Wilmington
Timeline of the Revolution 1775–1779
Which Side to Take: Revolutionary or Loyalist?
The Mecklenburg Declaration
Primary Source: The Mecklenburg Resolves
Josiah Martin and His Exit from New Bern
"Liberty to Slaves": The Response of Free and Enslaved Black People to Revolution
Thomas Peters, Black Loyalist and African Nationalist
Primary Source: Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
Primary Source: A Virginian Responds to Dunmore's Proclamation
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
Primary Source: Mary Slocumb at Moores Creek Bridge: The Birth of a Legend
A Call for Independence
Primary Source: Minutes on The Halifax Resolves
Primary Source: The Declaration of Independence
North Carolina’s Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Primary Source: Plans for Democracy
Primary Source: "Creed of a Rioter"
Primary Source: The North Carolina Constitution and Declaration of Rights
Nancy Hart, Revolutionary Woman
The Cherokees' and Catawbas' Stance in the Revolutionary War
Primary Source: Boundary Between North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation, 1767
Primary Source: The Transylvania Purchase and the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, March 17, 1775
The Rutherford Expedition
Primary Source: A Letter to Brigadier General Rutherford
Primary Source: Cherokee Leaders Speak About Land Cessions
The Abduction of Jemima Boone
Timeline of the Revolution, 1780–1783
Backcountry Loyalists in North Carolina
The Southern Campaign
Important Revolutionary War Sites: Quaker Meadows, N.C.
The Battle of Kings Mountain
The Overmountain Men and the Battle of Kings Mountain
Primary Source: Diary Reporting Chaos in Salem
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
David Fanning and the Tory War of 1781
Skirmish at the House in the Horseshoe
Primary Source: A Petition to Protect Loyalist Families
The First National Government: The Articles of Confederation
Primary Source: The Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
Primary Source: The Constitution of the United States
Primary Source: Debating the Federal Constitution
Primary Source: North Carolina Demands a Declaration of Rights
Primary Source: The Bill of Rights
Primary Source: The State of Franklin
The United States in the 1790s
A Capital in the "Wilderness"
Nathaniel Macon
Primary Source: Nathaniel Macon on Democracy
The Walton War
Primary Source: Thomas Jefferson on Manufacturing and Commerce
Primary Source: Rachel Allen's Experience as Midwife and use of Herbal Medicine
Primary Source: A Father's Advice to His Sons
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
The Growth of Slavery in North Carolina
Primary Source: Excerpt from Schoepf on the Auction of Enslaved People in Wilmington
The Second Great Awakening
Into the Wilderness: Circuit Riders Take Religion to the People
A Camp Meeting Scene
What a Religious Revival Is
Primary Source: Description of a Nineteenth Century Revival
Rock Springs Camp Meeting
Primary Source: "Be saved from the jaws of an angry hell"
Primary Source: John Jea's Narrative on Slavery and Christianity
Primary Source: Excerpt from "Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery"
John Chavis
The Development of Sacred Singing
Searching for Greener Pastures: Out-Migration in the 1800s
Migration Into and Out of North Carolina: Exploring Census Data
Primary Source: North Carolina's Leaders Speak Out on Emigration
Archibald Murphey
Primary Source: "A poor, ignorant, squalid population"
Primary Source: Archibald Murphey Proposes a System of Public Education
Primary Source: Archibald Murphey Calls for Better Inland Navigation
Canova's Statue of Washington
Primary Source: A Free School in Beaufort
Primary Source: Rules for Students and Teachers
Primary Source: John Chavis Opens a School for White and Black Students
Primary Source: Education and Literacy in Edgecombe County, 1810
Primary Source: "For What Is a Mother Responsible?"
The University of North Carolina Opens
Primary Source: Student Life at UNC
Cherokee Mission Schools
Primary Source: A Bill to Prevent All Persons from Teaching Slaves to Read or Write, the Use of Figures Excepted (1830)
Primary Source: Advertisements for Child Academies
Primary Source: First Year at New Garden Boarding School
A Timeline of North Carolina Colleges (1766–1861)
The North Carolina Gold Rush
The Reed Gold Mine
Primary Source: From the North Carolina Gold-Mine Company
Minting Gold into Coins
Primary Source: The Workings of a Gold Mine
The Dismal Swamp Canal
How a Canal Works
Elisha Mitchell and His Mountain
Primary Source: Elisha Mitchell Explores the Mountains
The Buncombe Turnpike
The Stanly-Spaight Duel
The Louisiana Purchase
The War of 1812
Primary Source: Debating War with Britain: For the War
Primary Source: Debating War with Britain: Against the War
Primary Source: The Burning of Washington
Primary Source: Dolley Madison and the White House Treasures
The Expansion of Slavery and the Missouri Compromise
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Mapping Rumors of Nat Turner's Rebellion
Primary Source: "Fear of Insurrection"
Primary Source: Reporting on Nat Turner: The North Carolina Star, Sept. 1
Primary Source: Reporting on Nat Turner: The Raleigh Register, Sept. 1
Primary Source: Reporting on Nat Turner: The Raleigh Register, Sept. 15
Primary Source: News Reporting of Insurrections in North Carolina
Primary Source: Hysteria in Wilmington
Primary Source: Letter Concerning Nat Turner's Rebellion
Primary Source: Remembering Nat Turner
The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Language and Syllabary
Primary Source: Andrew Jackson Calls for Indian Removal
Primary Source: "We have unexpectedly become civilized"
Primary Source: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Primary Source: Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831
Primary Source: Chief John Ross Protests the Treaty of New Echota
Primary Source: A Soldier Recalls the Trail of Tears
Primary Source: The Legend of Tsali
Whigs and Democrats
Reform Movements Across the United States
Primary Source: 1835 Amendments to the North Carolina Constitution
Ratifying the Amendments
Primary Source: North Carolina's First Public School Opens
Criminal Law and Reform
Dorothea Dix Hospital
Primary Source: Dorothea Dix Pleads for a State Mental Hospital
Primary Source: The Raleigh Female Benevolent Society
Distribution of Land and Slaves
Social Divisions in Antebellum North Carolina
Primary Source: North Carolina v. Mann
Primary Source: The Quakers and Anti-Slavery
Levi Coffin and the Underground Railroad
Negotiated Segregation in Salem
Primary Source: Ned Hyman's Appeal for Manumission
Primary Source: A Petition to Free a White Slave
Primary Source: A Sampling of Black Codes
Primary Sources: Advertising Recapture and Sale of Enslaved People
Primary Source: Freedom-Seekers and the Great Dismal Swamp
Primary Source: Antislavery Feeling in the Mountains
Primary Source: James Evan's Seasons on a Farm
Primary Source: Henry William Harrington Jr.'s Diary
Primary Source: Diary of a Farm Wife
Primary Source: The Duties of a Young Woman
Primary Source: Southern Cooking and Housekeeping Book, 1824
Primary Source: Thomas Bowie's diary
Primary Source: Court Days
Primary Source: A Bilious Fever
Bright Leaf Tobacco
Primary Source: Frederick Law Olmstead on Naval Stores in Antebellum North Carolina
Primary Source: Stagville Plantation Expenses Records
Plantation Records: Property
Primary Source: Stagville Plantation Expansion Records
Antebellum Homes and Plantations
The Life of an Enslaved Person
Primary Source: Excerpt from James Curry's Autobiography
Primary Source: Interview with Fountain Hughes
Primary Source: Harriet Jacobs Book Excerpt
Primary Source: Lunsford Lane Buys His Freedom
Primary Source: James Curry Escapes from Slavery
Jonkonnu in North Carolina
Primary Source: Cameron Family Plantation Records
Towns and Villages
Occupations in 1860
Businesses by County, 1854
Thomas Day, Black Craftsman
American Indian Cabinetmakers in Piedmont North Carolina
The Nissen Wagon Works
The Alamance Cotton Mill
The Invention of the Telegraph
The North Carolina Railroad
Estimated Cost of the North Carolina Rail Road, 1851
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Primary Source: Railroad Timetables
The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road
Primary Source: Jane Caroline North's Traveling Diary
Joining Together in Song: Piedmont Music in Black and White
Primary Source: African American Spirituals
Primary Source: The Gospel Train
Primary Source: I'm Gwine Home on de Mornin' Train
Primary Source: Long Way to Travel
Frankie Silver: Female Folklore Legend
Primary Source: The Ballad of Frankie Silver
Primary Source: All Hail to Thee, Thou Good Old State
Primary Source: The Old North State
George Moses Horton
Primary Source: George Moses Horton's "Death of an Old Carriage Horse"
From Pro-Slavery to Secession
The Mexican-American War
The California Gold Rush
The Compromise of 1850
A Divided Nation
Primary Source: Hedrick's Defense
Primary Source: UNC Dismisses Benjamin Hedrick
Primary Source: Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South
Primary Source: Furor Over Hinton Helper's Book
The Election of 1860
Timeline of the Civil War, January–June 1861
Secession and Civil War
Fort Sumter
Primary Source: North Carolinians Debate Secession
Primary Source: A Virginia Boy Volunteers
Primary Source: A UNC Student Asks to Sign Up
Primary Source: North Carolina Secedes
Primary Source: The North Carolina Oath of Allegiance
Primary Source: "The Southern Cross"
North and South in 1861
Timeline of the Civil War, July 1861-July 1864
The Civil War: from Bull Run to Appomattox
North Carolina as a Civil War Battlefield: May 1861-April 1862
The Union Blockade
Primary Source: Rose O'Neal Greenhow Describes the Battle of Manassas
Tar Heels Pitch In
Primary Source: Girls Helping the Cause
The Burnside Expedition
War on the Outer Banks
Primary Source: The Battle of Roanoke Island
Primary Source: The Burning of Elizabeth City
The Battle of New Bern
North Carolina as a Civil War Battlefield, May 1862–November 1864
Primary Source: The Raleigh Standard Protests Conscription
Primary Source: Running the Blockade
Primary Source: Cargo Manifests of Confederate Blockade Runners
Primary Source: Freed People at New Bern
Primary Source: The Emancipation Proclamation
Primary Source: Iowa Royster on the March into Pennsylvania
African American Soldiers
The Thomas Legion
Primary Source: The Capture of Plymouth
Civil War Casualties
The Life of a Civil War Soldier
Small Arms in the Civil War
Civil War Uniforms
Soldiers' Food
Primary Source: Rose O'Neal Greenhow to Jefferson Davis
Primary Source: "My dear little darling"
Primary Source: Life in Camp
Primary Source: A Plea for Supplies
Civil War Army Hospitals
Primary Source: Enduring Amputation
Salisbury Prison
Primary Source: Vance's Proclamation Against Deserters
Primary Source: "I am sorry to tell that some of our brave boys has got killed"
Primary Source: "My dear I ha'n't forgot you"
Zebulon Vance
The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony
Paper Money in the Civil War
Primary Source: Pleading for Corn
Primary Source: A Female Raid
Primary Source: "No one has anything to sell"
The Shelton Laurel Massacre
Primary Source: The Home Guard
Primary Source: A Civil War at Home: Treatment of Unionists
The Lowry War
Primary Source: Life Under Union Occupation
Timeline of the Civil War, August 1864–May 1865
North Carolina as a Civil War Battlefield, November 1864–May 1865
Primary Source: The Destruction of the CSS Albemarle
Wilmington, Fort Fisher, and the Lifeline of the Confederacy
Primary Source: Lincoln's Plans for Reconstruction
Primary Source: An Account of Stoneman's Raid
Sherman's March Through North Carolina
Primary Source: "Where Home Used to Be"
Primary Source: The Battle of Bentonville
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Johnston Surrenders
Mustering Out of the Confederate Army
Primary Source: Parole Signed by the Officers and Men in Johnston's Army
Primary Source: "For us the War is Ended"
Primary Source: Catherine Anne Devereux Edmondston and the Collapse of the Confederacy
Primary Source: May 1865 Advertisements
Primary Source: What Justice Entitles Us To
Primary Source: Character of Men Employed as Scouts
Early Schools for Freed People
Primary Source: Freedmen's Schools the school houses are crowded, and the people are clamorous for more
Primary Source: Louisa Jacobs on Freedmen
Primary Source: Address of The Raleigh Freedmen's Convention
Primary Source: Reuniting Families
Making Marriages Legal
Primary Source: Charges of Abuse
Reconstruction
Timeline of Reconstruction in North Carolina
Reconstruction in North Carolina
Primary Source: Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation
Primary Source: Amnesty Letters
Primary Source: Black Codes in North Carolina, 1866
Primary Source: Catherine Edmondston and Reconstruction
Primary Source: Amending the U.S. Constitution
African Americans Get the Vote in Eastern North Carolina
Primary Source: Military Reconstruction Act
Disabled Veterans of the Civil War, Part I
Disabled Veterans of the Civil War, Part II
Disabled Veterans of the Civil War, Part III
Carpetbaggers
John Adams Hyman
The 1868 Constitution
Redemption and Redeemers in the South
Primary Source: Republican Rule
Primary Source: Conservative Opposition
Primary Source: The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Primary Source: Governor Holden Speaks Out Against the Ku Klux Klan
The Kirk-Holden War
Primary Source: The Murder of "Chicken" Stephens
Primary Source: "Address to the Colored People of North Carolina"
The Compromise of 1877
The Lost Cause
Life on the Land: The Piedmont Before Industrialization
A Revolution in Agriculture
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming
Primary Source: Life on the Land: Voices
Primary Source: A Sharecropper's Contract
The Struggles of a Tenant Farmer
Primary Source: The Evils of the Crop Lien System
Tobacco Farming the Old Way
The History of the State Fair
The African American State Fair
Growth and Transformation: the United States in the Gilded Age
Primary Source: Henry Grady and the "New South"
Industrialization in North Carolina
The Growth of Cities
Immigration in U.S. History
Railroads in Western North Carolina
The Dukes of Durham
The Tobacco Industry and Winston-Salem
The Textile Industry and Winston-Salem
Primary Source: Small-Town Businesses, 1903
Primary Source: New Machine Shop in Plymouth, N.C.
The Belk Brothers' Department Stores
Work in a Textile Mill
Primary Source: Working in a Tobacco Factory
Life in the Mill Villages
Primary Source: Mill Villages
Mill Village and Factory: Voices
Inventions in the Tobacco Industry
The Bonsack Machine and Labor Unrest
Workers' Pay and the Cost of Living
The Struggles of Labor and the Rise of Labor Unions
Primary Source: The Knights of Labor
Primary Source: Opposition to the Knights of Labor
Primary Source: Tobacco Workers Strike
Timeline of North Carolina Colleges and Universities, 1865–1900
North Carolina State University
A Women's College
Primary Source: Student Life at the Normal and Industrial School
Primary Source: Wealth and Education by the Numbers, North Carolina 1900
The Colored State Normal Schools
Primary Source: African American College Students, 1906
The Biltmore Forest School
Biltmore Estate
Primary Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt's "The Bouquet"
Primary Source: Southern Women and the Bicycle
Primary Source: Bicycles and the Public
The Roller Skate Craze
Advertising New Products
Cities and Public Architecture
Sanitariums
Primary Source: Warm Springs Hotel Advertisement
Primary Source: Tourism Advertisement for Southern Pines, NC
Richard Etheridge
Expansion and Empire, 1867–1914
The Spanish-American War
Primary Source: "The duty of colored citizens to their country"
The Third North Carolina Regiment
Ensign Worth Bagley
The Rise of Populism
Populists, Fusionists, and White Supremacists: North Carolina Politics from Reconstruction to the Election of 1898
Primary Source: Leonidas Polk and the Farmers' Alliance
Primary Source: Chatham County Farmers Protest
Marion Butler and Fusion Politics
George Henry White: a Biographical Sketch
Primary Source: The Wilmington Record Editorial
Primary Source: The Democrats Appeal to Voters
The Wilmington Coup
Primary Source: The "Revolutionary Mayor" of Wilmington
Primary Source: Letter from an African American Citizen of Wilmington to the President
Primary Source: J. Allen Kirk on the 1898 Wilmington Coup
Primary Source: The Suffrage Amendment
Voter Registration Cards
Primary Source: Governor Aycock on "The Negro Problem"
Wilmington Massacre November 1898
Primary Source: New Bern Daily Journal on Municipal Electric Services
Electric Streetcars
Idol’s Dam and Power Plant
Primary Source: Max Bennet Thrasher on Rural Free Delivery
Primary Source: Consequences of the Telephone
The Road to the First Flight
Announcing the First Flight
Primary Source: Newspaper Coverage of the First Flight
Henry Ford and the Model T
Primary Source: Women and the Automobile
Primary Source: Letter Promoting the Good Roads Movement
WBT Charlotte in the Golden Age of Radio
Sour Stomachs and Galloping Headaches
Reform and a New Era
Primary Source: History of Women's Clubs
Primary Source: Charles Brantley Aycock and His Views on Education
Primary Source: Woman's Association for Improving School Houses
Statewide Prohibition
Primary Source: Railroad Quarantines
Winston-Salem's Early Hospitals
Primary Source: Food Adulteration
Primary Source: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Primary Source: Bulletin on Sanitation and Privies
Timeline of World War I
The United States and World War I
Propaganda and Public Opinion in the First World War
"Over There"
The War and German Americans
The Increasing Power of Destruction: military technology in World War I
Primary Source: The Importance of Camp Bragg
Primary Source: Speech on Conditions at Camp Greene
Primary Source: Diary of a Doughboy
Primary Source: Letter Home from the American Expeditionary Force
Primary Source: Governor Bickett's speech to the Deserters of Ashe County
Rescue at Sea
North Carolina and the "Blue Death": The Flu Epidemic of 1918
Primary Source: Bulletin on Stopping the Spread of Influenza
Primary Source: Speech on Nationalism from Warren Harding
African American Involvement in World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
Timeline of Women's Suffrage
The Long Struggle for Women's Suffrage
Primary Source: Equal Pay for Equal Work
Gertrude Weil
Primary Source: Proceedings from the North Carolina Equal Suffrage League
Primary Source: Alice Duer Miller's "Why We Oppose Votes for Men"
Our Idea of Nothing at All
Votes for Women
Gertrude Weil Urges Suffragists to Action
North Carolina and the Women's Suffrage Amendment
Gertrude Weil Congratulates — and Consoles — Suffragists
Lillian Exum Clement
The Birth of "Jim Crow"
A Sampling of Jim Crow Laws
Primary Source: Letter Detailing Triracial Segregation in Robeson County
Primary Source: George White Speaks Out Against Lynchings
The Great Migration and North Carolina
Durham's "Black Wall Street"
W. E. B. Du Bois on Black Businesses in Durham
The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Primary Source: Charlotte Hawkins Brown's Rules for School
Primary Source: 1912 Winston Salem Segregation Ordinance Enacted
Rosenwald Schools in North Carolina
Black Student Activism in the 1920s and 1930s
The Booming Twenties
How the Twenties Roared in North Carolina
"Eastern North Carolina for the farmer"
"Home folks and neighbor people"
North Carolina Debates Evolution
Thomas Wolfe
Asheville Reacts to Look Homeward, Angel
From Stringbands to Bluesmen: African American Music in the Piedmont
Hillbillies and Mountain Folk: Early Stringband Recordings
Jubilee Quartets and the Five Royales: From Gospel to Rhythm & Blues
The "Flapper"
Going to the Movies
Child Labor
Why Belong to the Union?
Work and Protest, 1920–1934
Work and Protest: Voices
Alice Caudle Talks About Mill Work
The Carolina Coal Company Mine Explosion
The Southern Highland Craft Guild
The Gastonia Strike
Primary Source: The Loray Mill Strike Begins
An Industry Representative visits Loray Mills
A Union Organizer Blames the Mill
The Strikers Move Into Tents
Congress Considers an Inquiry Into Textile Strikes
The Police Chief is Killed
The Mill Mother's Lament
The Great Depression: An Overview
The Economics of the Great Depression
The Depression for Farmers
Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
The Bonus Army
Roosevelt and the New Deal
Primary Source: Roosevelt on the Banking Crisis
The Economics of Recovery and Reform
Ending Child Labor in North Carolina
Primary Source: Excerpt of Child Labor Laws in North Carolina
Primary Source: Statute on Workplace Safety
The Fair Labor Standards Act
Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression
Primary Source: Interviews on Rural Electrification
Primary Source: Mary Allen Discusses a Farm Family in Sampson County
The Live at Home Program
4-H and Home Demonstration During the Great Depression
Eugenics in North Carolina
Primary Source: Records of Eugenical Sterilization in North Carolina
The Blue Ridge Parkway
Roads Taken and Not Taken: Images and the Story of the Blue Ridge Parkway “Missing Link"
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Primary Source: Louella Odessa Saunders on Self-Sufficient Farming
Primary Source: A Textile Mill Worker's Family
Primary Source: Juanita Hinson and the East Durham Mill Village
Primary Source: Begging Reduced to a System
Primary Source: Working as a Waitress
Primary Source: Federal Writers' Project, "He never wanted land till now"
Health and Beauty in the 1930s
Paul Green's The Lost Colony
Krispy Kreme
Primary Source: Lasting Impacts of the Great Depression
The Coming of War
Timeline of World War II: 1931–1941
Pearl Harbor
Primary Source: Roosevelt's "A date which will live in infamy" Speech
Primary Source: Americans React to Pearl Harbor
Mobilizing for War
The United States in World War II
Timeline of World War II: 1942–1945
The Science and Technology of World War II
The USS North Carolina
Primary Source: Landing in Europe, Through the Eyes of the Cape Fear
Liberating France
Primary Source: Soldier Interview on Battle of the Bulge
Primary Source: Enlisting for Service in World War II
Primary Source: Basic Training in World War II
Face to Face with Segregation: African American marines at Camp Lejune
Primary Source: Black Soldiers on Racial Discrimination in the Army
Music and Morale
Primary Source: The Story of a B-17 crew
Primary Source: Richard Daughtry on Surviving the Blitz
Primary Source: James Wall on Serving in the Air Force
Primary Source: Norma Shaver and Serving in the Pacific
Primary Source: Roosevelt's Fireside Chat 21
Primary Source: Roosevelt's Fireside Chat 23
North Carolina's Wartime Miracle: Defending the Nation
Japanese-American Imprisonment: Introduction
Japanese-American Imprisonment: WWII and Pearl Harbor
Japanese-American Imprisonment: Executive Order 9066 and Imprisonment
Japanese-American Imprisonment: Prison Camps
Japanese-American Imprisonment: Legal Challenges
Japanese-American Imprisonment: Closing Facilities and Life After
Primary Source: Poster Announcing Japanese American Removal and Relocation
Rosie the Riveter
Germans Attack Off of North Carolina's Outer Banks
Primary Source: Wartime Wilmington, Through the Eyes of the Cape Fear
Primary Source: Margaret Rogers and Prisoners of War in North Carolina
Covering the Beat: UNC in the WWII Era
Food for Fighters
Victory Gardens
4-H and Home Demonstration Work during World War II
Primary Source: 4-H Club Promotional Materials
Primary Source: 4-H Club Instructions
Primary Source: Joining a 4-H Club
Primary Source: Report on 4-H club contributions to the war effort
Primary Source: North Carolina's Feed a Fighter Contest
Victory in Europe
The Atomic Bomb
Primary Source: Harry Truman on using the A-Bomb at Hiroshima
Classroom Activity: A Tale of Two Cities
Victory over Japan
Primary Source: Veteran Discusses Occupying Japan
Primary Source: Dead and Missing from North Carolina in World War II
Into the Postwar Era
Introduction
The Cold War: An Overview
The Origins of the Cold War
The Korean War
Living with the Bomb
The Cold War in the 1950s
Sputnik and Explorer
John F. Kennedy
Bombs over Goldsboro
The Space Race
The GI Bill
The Interstate Highway System
Interstate Highways from the Ground Up
Changes in Agriculture 1860-
Growing Tobacco
The Influence of Radio
The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
The Andy Griffith Show
Selling North Carolina, One Image at a Time
More than Tourism: Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Post-War Years
The Singing on the Mountain
Scottish Heritage at Linville
The Harriet-Henderson Textile Workers Union Strike: Defeat for Struggling Southern Labor Unions
W. Kerr Scott: From Dairy Farmer to Transforming North Carolina Business and Politics
Governor Terry Sanford: Transforming the Tar Heel State with Progressive Politics and Policies
Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
April 1947: Journey of Reconciliation
The Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Plant Strike, 1946
Desegregating the Armed Forces
Primary Source: A Black Officer in an Integrated Army
Primary Source: The 1950 Senate Campaign
Alone but Not Afraid: Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Lumbees Face the Klan
Robert F. Williams and Black Power in North Carolina
The NAACP in North Carolina: One Way or Another
Pauli Murray and 20th Century Freedom Movements
Brown v. Board of Education and School Desegregation
Primary Source: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
The Pupil Assignment Act: North Carolina's Response to Brown v. Board of Education
With All Deliberate Speed: The Pearsall Plan
Perspective on Desegregation in North Carolina: Harry Golden's Vertical Integration Plan
Primary Source: Billy Graham and Civil Rights
The Little Rock Nine
Desegregation Pioneers
Youth Protest: JoAnne Peerman
Primary Source: Interview with William Culp
Primary Source: Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
The Impact of Busing in Charlotte
Opposition to Busing
Perspectives on School Desegregation: Fran Jackson
Perspectives on School Desegregation: Harriet Love
Religion and the Civil Rights Movement: Malcolm X Visits North Carolina in 1963
The Women of Bennett College: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Primary Source: Picketers Wanted
The Freedom Riders
Desegregating Public Accommodations in Durham
Desegregating Hospitals
The March on Washington, 1963
The Precursor: Desegregating the Armed Forces
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Struggle for Voting Rights
The Selma-to-Montgomery March
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Lumbee Organize Against the Ku Klux Klan January 18, 1958: The Battle of Hayes Pond, Maxton, N.C.
Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
The North Carolina Fund
Primary Source: Billy Barnes on Fighting Poverty
Harold Cooley, Jim Gardner, and the Rise of the Republican Party in the South
Primary Source: UNC Students Against The Speaker Ban
Primary Source: Jesse Helms' Viewpoint on the Speaker Ban
The Women's Movement
Primary Sources: Segregated Employment Ads
Primary Source: Bill Hull on Gay Life in Midcentury North Carolina
The Aftermath of Martin Luther King's Assassination
Interpreting Historical Figures: Howard Lee
Interpreting Historical Figures: Senator Sam Ervin
Outline of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War: A Timeline
Something He Couldn't Write About: Telling My Daddy's Story of Vietnam
A Soldier's Experience in Vietnam: Herbert Rhodes
A Soldier's Experience in Vietnam: Tex Howard
A Soldier's Experience in Vietnam: John Luckey
A Soldier's Experience in Vietnam: Robert L. Jones
A Soldier's Experience in Vietnam: Johnas Freeman
The My Lai Massacre - March 16, 1968
Anti-War Demonstrations
Campus Protests
Nixon, Vietnam, and The Cold War/ Nixon's Accomplishments and Defeats
The Wilmington Ten
The 1971 Constitution
North Carolina's First Presidential Primary
The Election of 1972
The Equal Rights Amendment
The Greensboro Killings
Early Childhood
Country Memories
Rebecca Clark and the Change in Her Path in Education
Race Relations
The Carter Years
A Society in Transition
The Reagan Years
The Presidency of George H. W. Bush
The United States in the 1990s
The War on Terror and the Presidency of George W. Bush
The Raleigh News and Observer
"Senator No"
The 1984 Senate Campaign
Urban Renewal and the Displacement of Communities
Urban Renewal and Durham's Hayti Community

Research Triangle Park

The Closing of a Factory
Key Industries: Banking and Finance
Key Industries: Biotechnology
Key Industries: Furniture
Key Industries: Hog Farming
Key Industries: Information Technology
Economic Change: From Traditional Industries to the 21st Century Economy
Key Industries: Tobacco
The Environmental Justice Movement
Moving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Coastal Erosion and the Ban on Hard Structures
The Impact of Hog Farms
Regulating Hog Farms
Cane Creek Reservoir
Air Pollution
Drought and Development
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Hugh Morton and North Carolina's Native Plants
Grandfather Mountain: Commerce and Tourism in the Appalachian Environment
Ten years Later: Remembering Hurricane Floyd's Wave of Destruction
Hurricane Floyd's Lasting Legacy
How Does a Hurricane Form?
Understanding Floods
Mapping Rainfall and Flooding
The Evacuation
Rising Waters
Damage from Hurricane Floyd
Floyd and Agriculture
Cleaning Up After the Flood
The Problems of Flood Relief
Preventing Future Floods
Reclaiming Sacred Ground: How Princeville is Recovering from the Flood of 1999
Natural Disasters and North Carolina in the second half of the 20th Century
Languages and Nationalities
Latino Immigration
Five Faiths
A Hindu Temple in Cary
The Montagnards
Immigration from Africa
Population and Immigration Trends in North Carolina
Appendix A. Reading Primary Sources: an introduction for students
Appendix B. Wills and inventories: a process guide
Appendix C. John Lawson
Appendix D: Rip Van Winkle
Appendix E: The Confessions of Nat Turner
From 1788–1840
From 1820-1860
From 1870–1900
From 1896-1929
Appendix G: North Carolina's Governors
Appendix H. The Election of 1860: Results by State
Appendix I: Remembering the Revolution
Appendix J: Reading Narratives of Enslaved People from the WPA interviews
Appendix K: Organization of Civil War armies
Appendix L: A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
Appendix M: Memorial Day
Appendix N: Pilot Training Manual for the B-17 Flying Fortress
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Appendix B: John Adams to Abigail Adams Letter 1, July 3, 1776
Appendix C: John Adams to Abigail Adams Letter 2, July 3, 1777
Reading Newspapers: advertisements
Appendix A: Transcribed Carolina Watchman Ads, January 7, 1837
Appendix B: Carolina Watchman Ads, January 7, 1837
Reading Newspapers: editorial and opinion pieces
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Reading Newspapers: Reader Contributions
Reading Newspapers: Factual Reporting
Analyzing Political Cartoons
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Colonial North Carolina (1600-1763)
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Early National (1790-1836)
Antebellum (1836–1860)
Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1876)
North Carolina in the New South (1870-1900)
North Carolina in the Early 20th Century (1900–1929)
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The Research Triangle Park (RTP) was founded by a committee of government, university, and business leaders as a model for research, innovation, and economic development. By establishing a place where educators, researchers, and businesses come together as collaborative partners, the founders of the Park hoped to change the economic composition of the region and state, thereby increasing the opportunities for the citizens of North Carolina.

The Research Triangle Park is located within 600 miles of 50 percent of the nation's population.

RTP is at the center of the dynamic Raleigh-Durham region with a population of 1.3 million within the defined metropolitan area and nearly 3 million within a 60-mile radius of the Park. The "Triangle" from which RTP was named is formed by the geographic location of the region's three highly regarded educational, medical, and research universities...the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University. In addition, RTP draws on the intellectual capacity of a host of other community colleges and higher education institutes. Together, these institutes create knowledge assets and provide a steady supply of trained scientists, engineers, managers, and technicians to the region's workforce.

In addition to this academic and research capacity, the region possesses an established network and infrastructure to support a diverse range of companies. Ranging from the Council of Entrepreneurial Development to the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to the RTI International, a host of organizations and networks exist to complement and catalyze activities around a number of cluster industries. These institutions and companies work together with Park companies and the universities, reflecting a spirit of cooperation and learning within the scientific and technological community. Since it was established, the Park has witnessed a steady and stable increase in the number of companies and employees. Currently, there are 136 research and development facilities in RTP. More than 37,600 people work in RTP with combined annual salaries of over $2.7 billion. The average salary in the Park is $56,000 annually, nearly 45 percent larger than the regional and national average.

The urban areas of Raleigh and Durham have grown tremendously since 1950.

More than a location and an engine for the economic growth, RTP has been a center of innovation. It is home to winners of the Nobel and the Pulitzer prizes, as well as recipients of the U.S. Presidential Award and National Foundation Awards. Just as important, it is the workplace of technical, chemical, and biomedical scientists and patent holders whose discoveries have impacted the lives of all citizens in this country and around the world. Some of the most profound discoveries of the 20th century have been influenced by scientists and researchers working in RTP, including the invention of the Universal Product Code, 3D ultrasound technology, and Astroturf. Among the most significant of RTP accomplishments was the discovery of Taxol, hailed by the National Cancer Institute as the most important new anti-cancer drug of the past 15 years, and AZT, a drug used to fight HIV-AIDS.

The Park is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, a non-profit organization founded in 1959. The Foundation is responsible for the overall management of the Park as well as ensuring that the regulations developed by the Park's founders to protect the natural environment and aesthetics of RTP are preserved. Under the development regulations governing the Park, a certain percentage of the total area is devoted to green space. In addition, companies in RTP must obey stringent setbacks and land coverage regulations to maintain the natural environment of the Park and its surroundings.

Forming RTP

The idea for RTP stemmed from the need to reverse a number of negative economic trends facing the North Carolina economy. In the mid-1950s, North Carolina's per capita income was one of the lowest in the nation. In 1952, per capita income in North Carolina was $1,049, compared to $1,121 for the eleven state Southeast region, and $1,639 for the continental United States. In addition the state's economy was dominated by low-wage manufacturing industries such as furniture, textiles, forestry, and small-scale agriculture. The state was facing a serious "brain drain" as graduates in the state were leaving in search of better jobs, and those attending college outside the state were not returning.

Given the expected consequences, leadership within the state sought to reverse these trends. Upon the urging of some private sector leaders such as Robert Hanes, the president of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, and Romeo Guest, a Greensboro building contractor, and with the help and support of North Carolina State Chancellor Carey Bostian, Governor Luther Hodges commissioned a concept report on the idea of the establishment of a research park to diversify the state's economic base. By the end of 1956, the University of North Carolina and Duke University joined the effort and the Research Triangle Development Council was formed. The vision was to attract research companies from around the nation to locate in a parcel of land surrounded by the state's research universities. The resulting "Research Triangle Park" would be a place where companies could take advantage of the region's intellectual assets in individual campus settings that provided a ready physical infrastructure.

It was decided that the Research Triangle project idea was a valid concept and should be undertaken as a private effort with engagement of the three flagship universities rather than a state/government sponsored effort. In particular, the Park would be set up to "encourage and promote the establishment of industrial research laboratories and other facilities in North Carolina primarily in, but not limited to, the geographical area or triangle formed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh, and Duke University at Durham." The Park would also "promote the use of research facilities" at the universities and "cooperation between the three institutions and industrial research agencies." The end goal was to "increase opportunities of the citizens of this state for employment and to increase the per capita income of the citizens of the state."

Early obstacles

While support for the establishment of RTP was growing, the project had several obstacles to overcome. The first was the image of the South in mid-20th century America. In part due to problems of segregation, the region did not have the most progressive reputation. North Carolina...and the U.S. South in general... was not known for innovation or entrepreneurial activity. In addition, companies at that time tended to maintain their research facilities near their manufacturing sites which were predominantly located in the northeast and mid-western parts of the country. The Triangle region did not posses any manufacturing facilities for the types of "new-line" industries the Park was targeting. Finally, the committee needed to raise the funds to acquire, promote and develop the parcel of land that was to become RTP.

Historical growth

RTP grew slowly at first, but employment grow rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s.

The first five years of the Park's existence were relatively slow. While Chemstrand, a company jointly owned by Monsanto Corporation and America Viscose, announced its decision to come to the Park in 1960, it was not until 1965 that growth in the Park took off. In 1965, IBM announced that it would locate a 400 acre, 600,00 square foot research facility in the Park. Also that year, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare decided to locate its new $70 million National Environmental Health Science Center at the Park. With the location of a substantial government presence and private sector company, the Park gained credibility as a place for research and development.

Due in part to the existence and extension of road, water, and sewer infrastructure in Durham County, the early growth of the Park was in its Northern section. In addition, major highway improvements, including the building of North Carolina route 147 to connect Duke University and downtown Durham to the Park (1973), the construction of Interstate 40 from the Park to Chapel Hill (1985), and improvements to the region's Raleigh-Durham International Airport helped to improve the Park's competitive position.

In the following 40 years, growth in the park has averaged six new companies and an addition of roughly 1,800 employees per year. The original parcel of land that made up RTP in 1959 consisted of 4,400 acres. Through the years, the Foundation acquired more land, surpassing 5,500 acres by 1979 and totaling 6,971 acres presently. In the same period, the Park's developed space has increased from only 200,000 square feet in 1960 to more than 20 million square feet in 2005. Mirroring the information communications technology boom in the late 1990s, the Park reached a peak employment level of 45,000 in 2001. Although the number of employees declined slightly in the ensuing recession, the number of companies in RTP has increased steadily. Large companies continue to make up the majority of the Park's employment numbers. The guiding assumption behind the initial recruitment strategy for the Park was to attract larger, more established companies that would build a culture in which smaller, start-up industries could thrive. The theory has proven accurate, as a number of smaller, spin-off companies have emerged.

Beginning with the first planning session in 1956, North Carolina's leadership took deliberate and rather ambitious steps to make a positive change in the state's economy. In the fifty years that have elapsed, the vision and commitment of that group has been carried forward and has resulted in the development of a unique parcel of land that is home to one of the greatest critical masses of knowledge workers and intellectual activity. With RTP as its driver, the Triangle region has emerged as one of the top five high technology regions worldwide.

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Adapted from Rick L. Weddle, et al, "Research Triangle Park: Evolution and Renaissance." from RTP.

Research Triangle

2.1 Climate
3.1 By plane
3.3 By train
4 Get around

Sprawling in the heart of North Carolina 's Piedmont, the Research Triangle is a metro area of about two million people. Largely suburban in nature, the Triangle is unique for a metro area in that, rather than having one primary city at its center, the region's focus is split between three cities: Raleigh, the state capital; Durham, a former industrial center; and Chapel Hill, a prominent college town.

The region derives its name from the major research universities in each of the Triangle's three cities as well as the vast office park that sits between these cities and is home to many research and high tech firms. These industries have spurred the rapid economic growth of the region. Visitors will find scenic college campuses, many of the state's cultural institutions, and a diverse population drawn by the Triangle's academic institutions and relatively high standard of living.

Cities [ edit ]

The main three cities that make up the Triangle are:

35.913139 -79.055806 1 Chapel Hill — A lovely college town based around the University of North Carolina, with college basketball, live music venues, and a beautiful campus with colonial-style brick buildings.
35.988611 -78.907222 2 Durham — Once the center of tobacco country, now home to the Gothic-style architecture of Duke University, a vibrant arts scene, and a revitalizing downtown district.
35.766667 -78.633333 3 Raleigh — The state capital, home to many of the state's cultural institutions, including three state museums, the state's performing arts center, and North Carolina State University.

In addition, there are a few towns that have become suburbs of the metro area:

35.731944 -78.852778 1 Apex — An expanding suburb near the Research Triangle Park.
35.778889 -78.800278 2 Cary — A sprawling, fast-growing suburb west of Raleigh.
35.591944 -78.788611 3 Fuquay-Varina — A town south of Raleigh, now a growing suburb.
36.070556 -79.104167 4 Hillsborough — A historic settlement west of Durham that's home to arts and music festivals.
35.720278 -79.176389 5 Pittsboro — Historic town with a sanctuary for tigers and other big cats.
35.9799 -78.5097 6 Wake Forest — Historic town that served as the original home of Wake Forest University and is the current home of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Several other small towns are further afield but still part of the broader region surrounding the Triangle:

35.382222 -78.546111 7 Benson
36.324722 -78.408611 8 Henderson
35.465236 -78.160414 9 Princeton
35.481333 -79.177556 10 Sanford
35.509167 -78.346389 11 Smithfield-Selma

Understand [ edit ]

The Research Triangle , also known to the locals as the Triangle , is a region consisting of 3 anchor cities, Raleigh , Durham , and Chapel Hill , and everything in between. The name, "Triangle" was originally coined to refer to the three universities, North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina, all fierce rivals. One of the largest research parks in the world, Research Triangle Park is located in the area, and has attracted both large companies and high numbers of immigrants from other parts of the United States, as well as all over the world. Leading employers such as IBM, Cisco Systems, SAS Institute, GlaxoSmithKline, and Biogen have ensured the exceptional performance of the strong economy. Both the universities and the research park are factors in the fact that the region is one of the most diverse in North Carolina.

Climate [ edit ]

This part of North Carolina can be hot and muggy during the summers (but air conditioning is widespread). Winters are relatively mild, and spring and autumn are popular for their pleasant weather.

Get in [ edit ]

By plane [ edit ]

Raleigh-Durham International Airport ( RDU IATA ) is the main airport for the region, located at the center of the metro area near the Research Triangle Park, just off I-40. A former hub of American Airlines and Midway Airlines, the airport today is one of the larger national airports without official hub status - some 9 million passengers embark and deplane annually, making it one of the nation's fastest-growing airports. American's strong continued presence here gives RDU daily direct service from London Heathrow , and Delta runs direct flights from Paris. Traditional and low-cost carriers offer flights from most East Coast cities, and Western cities including Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver. Air Canada offers several flights per day from Toronto.

RDU has two terminals; Southwest is the sole airline in the older Terminal 1, while the more modern and architecturally impressive Terminal 2 services the legacy carriers Alaska, American Airlines, Delta, and United, as well as the low-cost airlines Jetblue, Frontier, and Allegiant. There is a large rental car facility on-site. Public transit bus service is offered by Triangle Transit route #100, which runs between Raleigh and a transit center near the Research Triangle Park. Free WiFi is provided by Boingo—it's unlimited, but you have to look at an ad every 45 minutes.

In the winter , even a small amount of snow can cripple RDU, so plan for the risk of being delayed a day or two. That goes double if you're flying Southwest, as they're responsible for de-icing their own ramps.

By car [ edit ]

Interstate 40 cuts east-west through the Triangle, passing through Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park and along the outskirts of Durham and Chapel Hill, continuing west to Greensboro , Winston-Salem , and Asheville , and east to Wilmington .
Interstates 85 and 95 run north-south through the area, providing easy access to the region from up and down the Eastern Seaboard. I-85 passes through Durham, continuing north to Petersburg , Virginia (where it terminates at I-95) and west, merging with I-40 to Greensboro before splitting off to Charlotte . I-95 doesn't serve the Triangle directly, but rather skirts the eastern edge of it, where you can take I-40, US-64, US-70, or US-264 into the Triangle.
US-1 , the East Coast corridor route, cuts through Raleigh on its way from New York to the Florida Keys.

By train [ edit ]

Amtrak serves the Triangle with three routes: the Piedmont runs twice-daily to Charlotte , a trip of just over three hours, serving Raleigh, Cary, and Durham. The Carolinian runs once a day between Charlotte and the Eastern Seaboard, serving the same stops as the Piedmont, while the once-daily Silver Star stops in Cary and Raleigh on its way between New York City and Florida .

By bus [ edit ]

There are two intercity bus carriers serving the Triangle: Greyhound serves depots in Raleigh and Durham , while Megabus has a stop in Durham on its Charlotte - Washington, D.C. route. The regional bus system PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transit) has one line to Chapel Hill from the Piedmont Triad .

Get around [ edit ]

Given the very spread-out and suburban nature of the Triangle, driving is easily the most convenient way to get around. Interstate 40 is the main east-west corridor that links up the main cities of the Triangle, passing through Raleigh, the Research Triangle Park, and past RDU airport and Chapel Hill. The Durham Freeway (NC 147) links the Research Triangle Park and I-40 to Durham, while US-15/501 connects Durham to Chapel Hill. The Triangle Expressway , North Carolina's first modern toll road, follows NC 147 from I-40 to I-540, then NC 540 to Apex and Holly Springs. There are also two loop freeways circling Raleigh and serving many of the suburbs: I-440 circles the central portion of Raleigh proper, while I-540 traverses much of the suburban fringe north of Raleigh before heading south to the Research Triangle Park. South of the RTP, I-540 becomes a state-run toll freeway for the stretch around Cary south to Apex.

Each of the main cities operates a local bus service. Regional service is provided by Go Triangle , which operates all-day service daily (no service during certain holidays) between Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and several other towns in the area, operating out of a hub (the Regional Transit Center, RTC) near the Research Triangle Park. RTC has restrooms, water fountains, and a window selling bus passes, but basically no other amenities. Fortunately, the bus schedules are coordinated so that you can make transfers quickly without having to wait around at the transit center. Fares cost $2.25 per trip (one transfer is free), with $4.50 for a day pass.

See [ edit ]

The universities ! They're what the region is known for: Chapel Hill has UNC, Durham has Duke, and Raleigh has NC State (as well as several other lesser-known schools). All three have attractive campuses that include historic buildings. Naturally, they also include various other sights within their ecosystems, from varied museums to extensive botanical gardens and arboretums at all three universities (Duke Gardens in Durham are the best).

The area also has its share of historic districts and the like. Especially worth noting are several antebellum and Civil War sites in Durham, Hillsborough 's walkable downtown, and Raleigh's State Capitol building.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences , which hosts an IMAX theatre, and has live presentations by visiting experts (from universities in the area) on certain days, is a very engaging (for audiences ranging from ages 5 to adults), modern, and top-tier institution that is well-worth visiting. The North Carolina Museum of History is located right next to it has many exhibits covering the history of North Carolina. Both museums are in downtown Raleigh.

Do [ edit ]

With the many universities in the area, it should come as no surprise that college sports are a big deal here. The Duke Blue Devils, the North Carolina Tar Heels, and (to a lesser extent) the NC State Wolfpack all have fiercely loyal fan bases, with immensely popular football and basketball programs. The Carolina-Duke rivalry is particularly fierce, with two of the most well-regarded basketball programs in the country. Non-college sports teams in the area include the popular Durham Bulls minor league baseball team and Raleigh's Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey team.

There are many excellent performing arts spaces in the Triangle, hosting a lively theater scene. The lion's share of these are located in Durham, which is home to the prominent Durham Performing Arts Center , the historic Carolina Theatre , and a number of small, independent local theaters. Downtown Raleigh is home to the state-run Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts , which plays host to the state ballet, opera, and symphony.

And if you're looking to get away from the towns for some outdoor activities, the Triangle and its surrounding rural areas have state parks and nature . Particularly worth a visit are Eno River State Park near Durham , Umstead State Park in Raleigh , Raven Rock State Park near Fuquay-Varina , and Jordan Lake to the southwest of the metro area.

The American Tobacco Trail is a 22.6-mile (36.4-km) trail that runs from Durham in the north, to Apex in the south, cutting across wild forests for the more than 10 mi (16 km) that run south of the I-40, and more urban landscape to the north. The trail supports running, biking, and even horse back riding, and is widely used by residents of the area.

Eat [ edit ]

Boasting an impressive list of award-winning and nominated chefs and restaurants, Raleigh has become a hotbed for exciting and modern dining experiences. Durham and Chapel Hill have more than their share of quality restaurants as well. For visitors who want to sample local cuisine, restaurants serving authentic North Carolina cooking can be found in all three of the Triangle's main cities.

Drink [ edit ]

Out of the three cities, Chapel Hill is considered to have the best bars, due to the abundance of students in the area. Durham and Raleigh also have a fair share of drinking establishments, mainly centered around the universities.

Go next [ edit ]

Charlotte Metro — centered around Charlotte , the biggest city in North Carolina, a bustling, rapidly growing economic powerhouse (not unlike the Triangle)
Piedmont Triad — an urban area nearby that's also centered around three main cities
Wilmington – the beach!
Kitty Hawk — where the Wright brothers broke us free from the bonds of gravity. It has a museum that honors and explains their achievements.
Asheboro — home of the North Carolina zoo.

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20 Research Triangle Park Companies Defining the Southeast as a Tech Powerhouse

Here’s a look at 17 Research Triangle Park companies that help make up a world-class network of global innovators and revolutionary developers.

North Carolina’s involvement in the history of technology can be traced back to the 1950s, when the state’s economic future was hanging in the balance. With one of the nation’s lowest income rates and a dependency on agriculture and textile manufacturing, the state decided it needed to attract the attention of modern businesses, and in order to do so, local leaders looked to its three leading academic institutions — UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina State and Duke University. In 1956, with the universities’ support and endorsement from Governor Luther Hodges, the Research Triangle Committee was formed, which later became what we know now as the Research Triangle Park. By the 1990s, the area that encompasses the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill region became regarded as The Research Triangle, cementing the Southeastern state’s importance as a tech powerhouse.

Among the many companies that have joined the park throughout the decades, many of them are involved in the life sciences, spanning sectors like biomanufacturing and agriculture. In fact, according to the park’s website , it is the home of an agricultural biotech industry that generates $86 billion annually. Over the years, the park has witnessed the arrival of various tech giants like IBM , Cisco Systems and GlaxoSmithKline. Yet, these are only a few of the organizations that form this sprawling tech ecosystem. Here’s a look at 19 Research Triangle Park companies that help make up a world-class network of global innovators and revolutionary developers.

Research Triangle Park Companies to Know

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Novo Nordisk

Founded: 1923

Focus: Pharmaceutical

What they do: Novo Nordisk is a major player in the healthcare landscape. It’s responsible for producing half of the insulin distributed around the world and continues to engage in pharmaceutical research and development with the goal of pursuing treatments that address multiple chronic disease areas. Novo Nordisk’s work also extends to proactively promoting disease prevention and increased access to medical resources and care.

Founded: 1868

Focus: Insurance

What they do: MetLife provides individuals and families with a range of insurance options for everything from homes and vehicles to pets and accidents. MetLife also works with businesses of varying sizes to bring them employee benefits solutions, such as dental, vision, life and disability insurance. The company serves customers across more than three dozen global markets.

Founded: 2016

Focus: Cancer Research + Detection

What they do: Bringing together scientific thought and cutting-edge design, GRAIL has built the technology capable of detecting different cancers. The Galleri test has proven to be a highly accurate and effective method for catching cancer before it can spread, and all the test requires is a single blood draw. With improved cancer screening, GRAIL is restoring peace of mind to patients and healthcare professionals.

Founded: 1983

Focus: Pharmaceuticals

What they do: Advarra provides institutional review board (IRB), institutional biosafety committee (IBC) and research quality and compliance consulting services. The company provides highly specialized review services for areas like biosafety, oncology and neurology. Advarra serves pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and contact research organizations in addition to academic medical centers and health systems.

Founded: 2012

Focus: Agricultural Research

What they do: AgBiome is a biotech company that provides early-stage research for agriculture, exploring the crop microbiome to identify products that reduce risk and improve yield. The company’s GENESIS platform captures and screens diverse microbial collections for agriculturally relevant applications, tracking the complete genome sequence of every microbe as well as detailed laboratory assay results and field trial performance. AgBiome’s agricultural innovations include the discovery and development of biopesticides as well as the creation of products designed to overcome growing pest resistance and active ingredient dosage issues.

Founded: 2007

Focus: Clinical Supply Chain Intelligence + Operations Management

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Focus: Data Management + Governance

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Founded: 2010

Focus: Single Cell Sorting + Isolation

What they do: Founded by Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Dr. Chris Sims and Dr. Yuli Wang, Cell Microsystems is an early growth stage company that develops, manufactures and markets products for single cell biology. The company’s technology enables the sorting and isolation of single cells under standard culture conditions resulting in unperturbed phenotypes and high viability. This allows users to select a cell in real-time and track that cell through imaging, collection and downstream analysis. Cell Microsystems’ real-time imaging process ensures that no cells are wasted during single cell isolation.

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Focus: Developer Support

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Focus: Smart Home Tech

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Moscow, like other international urban areas , is decentralizing, despite considerable barriers. The expansion will lead to even more decentralization, which is likely to lead to less time "stuck in traffic" and more comfortable lifestyles. Let's hope that Russia's urban development policies, along with its plans to restore population growth, will lead to higher household incomes and much improved economic performance.

Wendell Cox is a Visiting Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris and the author of “ War on the Dream: How Anti-Sprawl Policy Threatens the Quality of Life ”

Note 1: The 23 ward (ku) area of Tokyo is the geography of the former city of Tokyo, which was abolished in the 1940s. There is considerable confusion about the geography of Tokyo. For example, the 23 ward area is a part of the prefecture of Tokyo, which is also called the Tokyo Metropolis, which has led some analysts to think of it as the Tokyo metropolitan area (labor market area). In fact, the Tokyo metropolitan area, variously defined, includes, at a minimum the prefectures of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama with some municipalities in Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi. The metropolitan area contains nearly three times the population of the "Tokyo Metropolis."

Note 2: The expansion area (556 square miles or 1,440 square kilometers) has a current population of 250,000.

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Note 4: Urban area data not yet available.

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Russians seeing the light while Western elites are bickering?

What an extremely interesting analysis - well done, Wendell.

It is also extremely interesting that the Russian leadership is reasonably pragmatic about urban form, in contrast to the "planners" of the post-rational West.

An acquaintance recently sent me an article from "The New Yorker", re Moscow's traffic problems.

The article "abstract" is HERE (but access to the full article requires subscription)

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gessen

One classic quote worth taking from it, is: "People will endure all manner of humiliation to keep driving".

I do find it odd that the "New Yorker" article author says nothing at all about the rail transit system Moscow had, on which everyone was obliged to travel, under Communism. It can't surely have vaporised into thin air?

Moscow is a classic illustration of just how outmoded rails are, and how important "automobility" is, when the auto supplants rails so rapidly than even when everybody did travel on rails up to a certain date, and the road network dates to that era, when nobody was allowed to own a car; an article written just 2 decades later does not even mention the rail transit system, other than to criticise the mayor for "failing to invest in a transit system".......!!!!!!!!

This is also a give-away of "The New Yorker's" inability to shake off the modern PC ideology on rails vs cars.

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In most cases, you'll be entering Red Square from the north, passing landmarks such as the Bolshoi Theatre and Duma parliament building as you make your way southward. Although you don't necessarily have to pass through the Voskresensky (or Resurrection in English) Gates in order to gain access to the square these days, they definitely provide a sense of arrival, to say nothing of the way their left arch frame's St. Basil's Cathedral if you look from just the right angle.

An interesting fact is that while a gate of some kind has stood here since the mid-16th century, the one you currently see wasn't built until 1994, having been destroyed in 1931 so that tanks could enter and exit Red Square during military parades.

St. Basil's Cathedral

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Few sights are as iconic not only of Moscow and Red Square but indeed of Russia than St. Basil's Cathedral, whose colorful, onion-shaped domes are a symbol of the country around the world. Officially known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, this church has stood since 1561, which is quite miraculous when you consider all the turbulent history that has transpired since then.

Among other things, religion was severely prohibited during the Soviet period , which led some to believe that this emblem of the Russian Orthodox church might not withstand the tenure of the USSR.

An interesting fact is that St. Basil's is the so-called "Kilometer Zero" of Russia; all of Moscow's main roads (which can take you anywhere in Russia) begin at the exits to Red Square. In this way, St. Basil's iconic status also has an extremely tangible element.

The Kremlin

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When you think of The Kremlin, it's unlikely that positive images enter your mind. The fact that simply saying the word "Kremlin" is too vague a descriptor (most Russian cities have their own Kremlin complexes; you should say "Moscow Kremlin") notwithstanding, this misunderstood place is incredibly beautiful, even if you don't like the policy that comes out of it.

Senate Square

In spite of its name, which refers to the role the building that rises above the square played during Imperial Russia, Senate Square is actually home to Russia's presidential administration, currently helmed by Vladimir Putin. In order to see where Russia's legislature operates from, walk just outside Red Square to the Duma parliament building.

Dormition Cathedral

Dating back to the year 1479, the gold-domed Dormition Cathedral pays homage to an Orthodox religious feast that commemorates the death of the Virgin Mary . As is the case with St. Basil's, it is curious that such a conspicuously religious structure was able to survive through the Soviet period.

Armoury Chamber

Though it takes its name from the fact that it housed Russia's royal arsenal when it was built in the 16th century, the most notable resident of the Kremlin's Armoury Chamber today is the Russian Diamond Fund.

Notable Kremlin Towers

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The interior of the Moscow Kremlin is more beautiful and inviting than you'd expect, but the walls and towers that rise around it better live up to the intimidation with which the complex is associated.

Borovitskaya Tower

Named to commemorate the dense forest that once stood atop the mount where it's built, this tower is extremely picturesque. Built in the late 15th century, it's visible from most places in the square, and also as you walk along the Moskva River.

Nikolskaya Tower

Also built in the year 1491, this tower currently suffered destruction at the hands of Napoleon's army in the 19th century. What you see now is the result of an 1816 re-design and renovation, though artillery fire during the Russian Revolution also caused superficial damage to the tower, named to honor St. Nikolas of Mozhaysk , so it's difficult to know which elements of it are original.

Spasskaya Tower

Known in English as the "Savior's Tower," this iconic, star-topped tower is perhaps the best-known of all the Kremlin's towers. Built in 1491 like the other two towers on this list, it's certainly the most photographed. As a result of its proximity to St. Basil's, it often makes its way into tourists' pictures.

Mausoleum of Lenin

Just as it's strange to learn how many religious monuments survived through the Soviet period, it's a bit odd to think that Lenin's preserved body still sits in a mausoleum just beneath the walls of the Kremlin on Red Square, given the lack of consensus about the ultimate impact of his Revolution, even in Russia.

It's not guaranteed that you'll be able to see the body (which, believe it or not, seems to be improving with age ) when you go, and if you do you will likely have to wait in line, but even strolling past the outside of the Lenin Mausoleum, flanked by stone-faced guards that almost look like statues, illuminates the gravity of his body still being here.

GUM Shopping Center

You might cringe, at least initially, when you realize that one of the most iconic stops on a tour of Red Square is a department store—until you see said department store, that is. Built in 1893 and known during Soviet times as the State Department Store, GUM ( Glávnyj Universáľnyj Magazín or Main Universal Store in English) hearkens back to the grandeur of the late 19th century, both seen from the outside (especially, when lit up at night) and the interior, which might have you feeling like you're further west in Europe.

A trip inside GUM is a particularly good idea during winter, when frigid temperatures outside will have you savoring the heat, the quality of souvenirs, confections and other goods sold inside notwithstanding. Also, make sure not to confuse GUM with CDM, which sits near the Bolshoi Theatre, even though both are stunning and iconic in their own right.

State Historical Museum

The Russian State Historical Museum is located near Voskresensky Gates, though you should wait until after you've seen the first few attractions of Red Square and the Kremlin to head back there and go inside. To be sure, as you pass by its facade (whose late-19th century grandeur somewhat obscures that fact that it's currently a museum accessible to the public) you might not even think to try and gain entry.

Once inside the museum, you can plan to spend at least a couple of hours, given that artifacts here date back to the very beginning of the Russian state in the ninth century. As is the case with GUM, this will be a particularly alluring prospect if you visit in winter, when Moscow is arguably at its most beautiful, but certainly at its least tolerable.

Minin-Pozharsky Monument

It's somewhat easy to disregard this monument, which pays homage to the two Russian princes who ended the so-called "Time of Troubles" in the mid-16th century, during which Polish-Lithuanian forces occupied Russia, among other awful things including a famine. That's because the statue currently sits just at the base of St. Basil's Cathedral, which makes it very difficult to photograph or even see without being overwhelmed by that much more famous edifice.

Though the statue originally sat at the very center of Red Square, it came to be an obstacle to the movement of tanks during the Soviet period, much like the Voskresensky Gates. As a result, authorities moved it during that time, and it's stayed where you currently find it ever since.

Kazan Cathedral

Taken by itself, the smokey-pink Kazan Cathedral is an architectural marvel; originally built in the 17th century, the church you find here today, located just north of the GUM department store, dates back only to 1993.

Unfortunately, since it sits not only in the shadow of GUM, but also in the shadow St. Basil's and the Towers of the Kremlin, it's easy to miss entirely if you aren't looking. As a result, you might wait until you've seen just about everything else in Red Square before coming here to take photos, and to appreciate the understated beauty of this oft-overlooked cathedral.

Moskva River

As you head south from St. Basil's Cathedral to exit Red Square, make sure to walk onto Bolshoy Moskvoretskiy Bridge, which crosses the Moskva River. If you look due north, you can get an excellent shot of the church framed, on the left, by the towers of the Kremlin. Directing your gaze a bit to the west allows you to see the skyscrapers of Moscow City as they rise above the Kremlin's walls.

Walking westward along the riverbank is also a worthwhile excursion, for the views it provides of Red Square and the Kremlin, as well as the fact that doing so takes you to other iconic Moscow attractions, including Gorky Park and the Pushkin Museum. The views you enjoy from the river and the bridge are particularly stunning at night, though you should make sure you bring a tripod if you want to get a clear picture, given how strong winds over and near the river can be.

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These are the top high schools in the Raleigh and Durham-Chapel Hill metro areas in 2024

F ive Triangle schools have cracked the top 500 public high schools nationally in the newest rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

Raleigh Charter High School reclaimed the top spot in the Triangle in the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best High Schools rankings released early Tuesday.

Woods Charter School in Chatham County, Wake STEM Early College High School in Cary, Green Level High School in Cary and East Chapel Hill High School also were ranked within the top 500 public high schools in America.

Last year, only two Triangle schools cracked the top 500 .

NC school no longer top in US

The Early College at Guilford in Greensboro was dethroned from its spot as the nation’s top public high school in 2023 . It dropped to No. 16 nationally. But it remains the top-ranked school in North Carolina.

More than a fifth of North Carolina’s high schools (22%) ranked in the top 25% nationally. That put North Carolina 29th nationally after being 25th last year.

U.S. News ranked nearly 17,660 public high schools based on college readiness, proficiency on state exams, performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, performance of underserved students, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

“The 2024 Best High Schools rankings offer a starting point for parents to understand a school’s academic performance, whether it’s a prospective school or one that their child is already attending,” LaMont Jones, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release. “Accessible data on our high schools can empower families across the country as they navigate today’s educational environment and plan for the future.”

U.S. News has been rating high schools since 2007.

The rankings were based on the 2021-22 school year, which was the first full year of in-person instruction for many students since the COVID-19 pandemic.

RTI International, a research firm based in Research Triangle Park, crunched the numbers for the 2024 list.

Top Raleigh metro area schools

The top 10 schools in the Raleigh-Cary metro area (which includes Wake, Johnston and Franklin counties) are:

▪ Raleigh Charter High School (No. 4 in the state and No. 156 nationally)

▪ Wake STEM Early College High School in Cary (No. 6 in North Carolina and No. 261 nationally)

▪ Green Level High School in Cary (No. 9 in the state and No. 318 nationally)

▪ Green Hope High School in Cary (No. 16 in the state and No. 523 nationally)

▪ Triangle Math and Science Academy in Cary (No. 18 in the state and No. 540 nationally)

▪ Panther Creek High School in Cary (No. 20 in the state and No. 643 nationally)

▪ Enloe High School in Raleigh (No. 25 in the state and No. 747 nationally)

▪ Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Raleigh (No. 36 in the state and No. 967 nationally)

▪ Holly Springs High School (No. 41 in the state and No. 1,325 nationally)

▪ Apex High School (No. 42 in the state and No. 1,336 nationally)

Top Durham-Chapel Hill schools

The top 10 schools in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area (which includes Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granville and Person counties) are:

▪ Woods Charter School in Chatham County (No. 5 in the state and No. 244 nationally)

▪ East Chapel Hill High School (No. 11 in the state and No. 389 nationally)

▪ Chapel Hill High School (No. 14 in the state and No. 515 nationally)

▪ Research Triangle High School in Durham (No. 17 in the state and No. 536 nationally)

▪ Eno River Academy in Hillsborough (No. 27 in the state and No. 762 nationally)

▪ Durham School of the Arts (No. 34 in the state and No. 928 nationally)

▪ Carrboro High School (No. 37 in the state and No. 995 nationally)

▪ Oxford Preparatory School in Oxford (No. 40 in the state and No. 1,233 nationally)

▪ City of Medicine Academy in Durham (No. 64 in the state and No. 2,211 nationally)

▪ Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough (No. 67 in the state and No. 2,322 nationally)

Charter schools make up two of the top 10 schools in the Raleigh list and four of the top 10 in the Durham list.

Charter schools are taxpayer-funded schools that are exempt from some of the rules that traditional public schools must follow. For instance, they’re not required to provide school bus service or participate in the federal school lunch program.

They also have more flexibility in how they spend their money, don’t have to follow the school calendar law and don’t need all their teachers to be licensed.

Read the full report at www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools .

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The Research Triangle Region
A cleantech innovation hub. The Research Triangle Region of North Carolina is home to more than 350 innovative cleantech companies - from global Fortune 500 giants to high-tech startups - that form a critical mass of companies and researchers focused on shaping a sustainable future, especially in smart grid, smart water, and smart transportation.
The Foundation
Research Triangle Park is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) of North Carolina. As stewards of the Park, RTF leads the Triangle in creating a thriving business environment, promoting economic development, and facilitating strategic partnerships that benefit our region and state. Through its commitment to fostering connections ...
The Evolving Urban Form: Moscow's Auto-Oriented Expansion
The metropolitan area contains nearly three times the population of the "Tokyo Metropolis." Note 2: The expansion area (556 square miles or 1,440 square kilometers) has a current population of 250,000. Note 3: Includes all residents in suburban districts with at least part of their population in the urban area.
The Triangle Region
The Research Triangle is known globally as the home of the Research Triangle Park (RTP), the largest research park in North America located at the center of the region. Home to companies such as IBM, Syngenta, BASF, and Cisco, the park is a major contributor to the area's economic growth, attracts talent from all over the world and helps ...
Top Things to See in Moscow's Red Square
St. Basil's Cathedral. Few sights are as iconic not only of Moscow and Red Square but indeed of Russia than St. Basil's Cathedral, whose colorful, onion-shaped domes are a symbol of the country around the world. Officially known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, this church has stood since 1561, which is quite miraculous when you consider ...
Moscow
Moscow - Rivers, Forests, Plains: Moscow is located in western Russia about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of St. Petersburg and 300 miles (480 km) east of the border with Belarus. It stands on the Moscow River, a tributary of the Oka and thus of the Volga, in the centre of the vast plain of European Russia. The city and its surrounding area, the Moscow oblast (province), lie in the northwest ...
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RTI International, a research firm based in Research Triangle Park, crunched the numbers for the 2024 list. ... The top 10 schools in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area (which includes Durham ...
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Semyon Borisov (CC BY-SA) The Kremlin is a fortified complex located in the centre of Moscow, Russia, which is made up of towers, high walls, palaces, and cathedrals. Construction of the Kremlin began as early as the 12th century. As one of Russia's most famous landmarks, it has played a crucial part in Russia's history as the main seat of ...

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