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
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
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
A round table discussion on the history and heritage of Colonial North Carolina featuring historians Dr. Arwin Smallwood (Chairman of the Department of History and Political Science at North Carolina A&T State University) and Michael Newton, PhD in Celtic Studies and distinguished scholar of Scottish Gaelic Studies. This limited seating event is free, but registration … Continued
Celebrate Hillsborough's Revolutionary and Colonial history at the Burwell School with an afternoon of exhibits (on loan from the Orange County Historical Museum), costumes, harp music, weaving demonstrations, and kid's games and crafts. Munch on an heirloom NC apple or a bit o' shortbread and celebrate fall's bounty. This lead-in event will give you a … Continued
THE ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH PRESENTS: Come hear award-winning North Carolina author and storyteller Randell Jones share about famous frontiersman Daniel Boone's life—especially his North Carolina years—from his book, In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone. Wednesday, October 9, 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC. Daniel Boone is America’s pioneer hero and he lived … Continued