Hillsborough is an old town with many stories. Not all of these are pleasant. Death has stalked this land for over a thousand years. The tragic endings for many throughout the town’s past paint a dark picture. The Orange County Historical Museum invites you to meet these unfortunate souls. This one-hour walking tour experience brings … Continued
Hillsborough is an old town with many stories. Not all of these are pleasant. Death has stalked this land for over a thousand years. The tragic endings for many throughout the town’s past paint a dark picture. The Orange County Historical Museum invites you to meet these unfortunate souls. This one-hour walking tour experience brings … Continued
A special task force assembled by the Research Committee of the Burwell School Historic Site will present its report. The groups researched original documents, deeds, newspaper articles of the day and other sources to find the names of persons of color associated with the property during the time it operated as a girls' academy. … Continued
Hillsborough is an old town with many stories. Not all of these are pleasant. Death has stalked this land for over a thousand years. The tragic endings for many throughout the town’s past paint a dark picture. The Orange County Historical Museum invites you to meet these unfortunate souls. This one-hour walking tour experience brings … Continued
Hillsborough is an old town with many stories. Not all of these are pleasant. Death has stalked this land for over a thousand years. The tragic endings for many throughout the town’s past paint a dark picture. The Orange County Historical Museum invites you to meet these unfortunate souls. This one-hour walking tour experience brings … Continued
Join us for a lecture from Dr. Omar Ali titled "Understanding Black History as American History"! African Americans have played an integral role in the creation and development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Since 1619 when the first twenty Africans were brought to the shores of the Chesapeake to the … Continued
Moorefields' annual historic roads hike explores the hills and bottomland around Seven Mile Creek and Moorefields. The tour is led by Tom Magnuson, noted leader of Trading Path Association. The TPA is a non-profit located in Hillsborough. Its purpose is to find, map, and protect landscape remnants of the contact and colonial era in southeastern North America, … Continued
Visit the historic 1785 house for on the last Sunday of the month for their open house. Enjoy the grounds and take a tour of the house. Moorefields was built in 1785 as a summer home by Alfred Moore, a Revolutionary military leader, founder of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and prominent jurist … Continued
Visit the historic 1785 house for on the last Sunday of the month for their open house. Enjoy the grounds and take a tour of the house. Moorefields was built in 1785 as a summer home by Alfred Moore, a Revolutionary military leader, founder of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and prominent jurist … Continued
REGULATOR REMEMBRANCE DAY The annual Regulator Remembrance Day Event will occur on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the Regulator Historic Site, in Cameron Park, 200 East King Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278, on the grassy hill behind the Orange County Board of Education building. This year’s event marks the 248th anniversary of the … Continued