Durham

"City of Medicine"
Piedmont Region

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    Did you know...
  • Durham is located in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina.
  • Durham is in Durham County. History
  • Durham is the 5th largest city in North Carolina.
  • It was named for Barlette Snipes Durham (1822-1858), who was a local doctor.
  • It's close to the Research Triangle Park. Scientists discover new things there.
  • The building of the railroad made Durham grow.
  • It's nickname is the "City of Medicine" because of all the hospitals.
  • In 1851, it was called Durhamville. In 1855, they changed the name to Durham.
  • It's the home of the baseball team, The Durham Bulls.
  • Duke University is there.
  • In 1866, it became the center of tobacco manufacturing. Today it still has that industry as well others.
  • They now manufacture not only tobacco products, but also bricks, grain products, dairy products, clothing and other textiles, and corrugated boxes. Technology is a big industry now too.
  • The North Carolina Museum of Life and Science is a fun place to go.

Joke We Have About Durham:

Why did the Durham police officer hide under the book?
Because he wanted to be undercover.

Questions We Have About Durham:

Do they have any sports named for Durham?
Yes, the Durham Bulls

Does Durham have any colleges?
Yes, Duke University

Poem:

"The City of Medicine"

The Durham Bulls are cool...
They also rule!

The doctors are sure swell.
If you're not feeling well.
That's ok because the doctors give you medicine that will not fail.
It will help you if you have cancer of sicknesses.
And J__, N___,K___, are my witnesses!

Story:

"A Day at Durham"

One day N__, D__, J__, and K__ were going to Durham, the fifth largest city. We were riding in a white limo. Our limo driver was named Charlie. We were riding in a limo because we were doing a special report on Durham.

When we arrived in the fifth largest city, we hopped out of the limo and told the limo driver that was the best ride we ever had!

After that we went to Durham Shopping Center to get some souvenirs for our parents. We got red and blue coffee cups for moms and dads.

Then we got in the limo and we went to the mayor's office. We interviewed him. After we interviewed the mayor, we told him we enjoyed it.

Then we invited the mayor to watch the Durham Bulls play baseball. He said yes. So we all jumped in the limo and went to the game. The Bulls were playing the Cardinals. The Durham Bulls won 15 to 5. Before we left, we got the Durham Bulls to sign a baseball.

After that we told the limo driver we were getting hungry. He took us to a fancy restaurant called The Lighthouse. We all got flounder, shrimp, hush puppies, and a baked potato with butter. It was delicious! The mayor said he would pay for it. We said thank you very much!

After that the limo driver took the mayor to his house and we went to our houses too. When we got home to our houses, we went to sleep cause it was 10:00 p.m. But before that we gave the coffee cups to our parents.

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