Raleigh of Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow
By Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer The year was 1788, a new capital city was born in North Carolina: Raleigh. Uniquely, its location was selected with military strategy in mind - far from the vulnerable coast line. Raleigh blossomed in its early years, with the population soaring from under a thousand to over 2,600 between 1810 and 1820. The Civil War, largely spared the city from property destruction. Following the
