1/12/2015 9:39:26 PM

cool story bro.

1/12/2015 9:50:05 PM

I could go on all night about this

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1/12/2015 9:52:19 PM

Why were there no lines on the road, was it just a free for all?

1/12/2015 9:53:27 PM

Was the sky in raleigh always the same color as tww?

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1/12/2015 9:55:06 PM

its western blvd now from the 440

1/12/2015 10:22:54 PM

So Western Blvd was Highway 64?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thats how it got all those crazy on ramps like Pullen Dr and stuff?!?!?!?

1/12/2015 11:31:01 PM

^if serious

western->MLK -> New Bern ave -> 64

or something like that

1/13/2015 5:48:57 AM

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/BUILDINGS/Raleigh1872_BIG.jpg

1/13/2015 8:52:21 AM

^^ MLK never becomes New Bern Ave. It ends at the junction with Poole Rd.

1/14/2015 6:03:08 AM

^^its funny how the prison and the "lunatic house" are the two biggest buildings in the city, hahaha.

1/14/2015 7:12:07 AM

Hillsborough St. was 64 back in the day, not Western.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/north_carolina/txu-pclmaps-topo-nc-raleigh-1940.jpg

1/14/2015 9:52:38 AM

^4 the map ends too short on the west side of town to show the land that would become North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 15 years later

[Edited on January 14, 2015 at 5:53 PM. Reason : -]

1/14/2015 5:53:36 PM

^^ nice map. Didnt realize lake raleigh and Johnston were that old.

Also funny that power lines (transmission lines) are still in the same spots as today.

1/15/2015 8:40:17 AM

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"its funny how the prison and the "lunatic house" are the two biggest buildings in the city, hahaha."

As the capital, we had convicted criminals and the mentally ill from all over the state.

1/15/2015 11:57:09 AM

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""its funny how the banks are the 50 biggest buildings in the city, hahaha.""

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1/15/2015 3:53:44 PM

this thread is turning into a coopers bbq wall

1/15/2015 11:00:58 PM

Quote :

"Also funny that power lines (transmission lines) are still in the same spots as today"

Not really.

1/15/2015 11:36:20 PM

I'm always in awe of what it must have taken to put up electric and telephone lines across the country, especially in the woods and on top of mountains.

1/16/2015 12:13:02 AM

Funny how not having a cook-out in the area cut down on traffic.

1/23/2015 12:49:29 PM