Bicycle and Greenways Map
Steve Spindler Cartography's 2014 map of bicycle routes and greenways in Chapel Hill. It shows the town's bicycle trails, cycling routes and greenway network.
Storyline
Buses between Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsboro, 1924–1925
The bus lines out of Chapel Hill in the mid-1920s: the death of C. S. Pendergraft, who had run cars to Durham since 1911, his line’s new service to Hillsboro, and the Safety Coach Line’s buyout of every service between Chapel Hill and Durham.
In briefWithin a year of the death of C. S. 'Kern' Pendergraft, whom the News called the pioneer bus man of Chapel Hill, the town's buses to Durham passed to a single franchised company. Pendergraft, who died on November 22, 1924, had run a line from Chapel Hill to Durham for 13 years, since 1911 by his advertisements. By June 1925 the Pendergraft Bus Line was running Studebaker cars between Chapel Hill and Hillsboro. By August 7 the Safety Coach Line had bought out the Pendergrafts and the other operators, becoming the only company running between Chapel Hill and Durham. It ran a car every hour under a three-year state franchise and no longer called at homes for passengers.
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C. S. 'Kern' Pendergraft, whom the News called the pioneer bus man of Chapel Hill, died of cancer on November 22, 1924, at about 53. He had run a bus line from Chapel Hill to Durham for 13 years, and his advertisements gave 1911 as the year it was established. Rev. Walter Patten conducted his funeral at the Methodist church the next afternoon. By June 26, 1925 the Pendergraft Bus Line had started running light Studebaker cars between Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, leaving Chapel Hill at two and four in the afternoon and connecting at Hillsboro with the Greensboro buses and the trains. It replaced a Mr. Johnston, who had left for a line between Baltimore and Washington. By August 7 the Safety Coach Line had bought out the Pendergrafts, W. P. Jordan, and Ernest and Dewey, becoming the only company running between Chapel Hill and Durham. From the former Strowd garage on Franklin Street it ran a car every hour on the hour from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. under a three-year state franchise from the Corporation Commission, and it no longer called at homes for passengers.
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- C. S. Pendergraft, who ran the bus line between Chapel Hill and Durham, dies C. S. 'Kern' Pendergraft, about 53, whom the News called the pioneer bus man of Chapel Hill, died of cancer on a Saturday night. He had run a bus line from Chapel Hill to Durham for 13 years; his advertisements gave 1911 as the year it was established. His funeral was held at the Methodist church the next afternoon, conducted by Rev. Walter Patten. People: Walter PattenSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 27, 1924, p. 1
- Pendergraft Bus Line opens a service between Hillsboro and Chapel Hill The Pendergraft Bus Line started running light Studebaker cars between Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, leaving Chapel Hill at two and four in the afternoon and connecting at Hillsboro with the Greensboro buses and the trains. It replaced a Mr. Johnston, who had left for a line between Baltimore and Washington.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 26, 1925, p. 3
- Safety Coach Line buys out every bus and car service between Chapel Hill and Durham The Safety Coach Line bought out the Pendergrafts, W. P. Jordan, and Ernest and Dewey, becoming the only company running between Chapel Hill and Durham, with a car every hour on the hour from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. It held a three-year state franchise under the Corporation Commission and no longer called at homes for passengers.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 7, 1925, p. 1
Background on Roads, Rail & Transportation
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Widely held
Comprehensive transportation plan Orange County
Comprehensive transportation plan for Orange County prepared by Sarah Lee for the Transportation Planning Branch of the N.C. Department of Transportation, October 2013. It covers highway planning, roads and their environmental effects, and traffic engineering, with color maps, some folded.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Farewell forever, old road to Durham : lessons from the history of transportation planning in the North Carolina Piedmont
Mark Chilton's short history of transportation planning in the North Carolina Piedmont, drawing lessons from earlier projects. Subjects include the Cape Fear Navigation Company and river navigation, and the railroads of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, including the State University Railroad Company whose spur brought trains to the two towns. Chilton was mayor of Carrboro when the book appeared. Published by Hand Made Books, Carrboro, 2012, 92 pages with illustrations, maps and portraits.
Mebane
J. Ronald Oakley's pictorial history of Mebane, the railroad town on the Orange and Alamance county line, from Arcadia Publishing in 2012, 127 pages of photographs. Chapters cover the railroad, industries, businesses, the Depression and war years, profiles past and present, churches and civic clubs, recreation and sports, school days, and preserving the past. Topics include Mebane's history, economy, buildings and railroads.
Orange County, North Carolina
A group of materials combining a county planning document with a highway map of Orange County, dated 2012. The planning piece, issued in Raleigh by a state commission, lays out a planning and management process for the county with recommendations on land development. The map, based on the statewide highway planning survey, shows roads, bridges, utilities, public property, businesses and industries across Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough; one copy carries red-pencil notes naming the county's voting precincts.
Transportation impact analysis for the Carolina North development
Traffic study for Carolina North, the University of North Carolina's planned development in Chapel Hill, prepared by the consulting firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin of Watertown, Massachusetts, and dated June 3, 2009. One spiral-bound volume in various pagings with illustrations and folded maps, plus a 12-page addendum on parking and mode share. The study includes traffic estimates and the environmental effects of transportation.
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Orange County, N.C. Road Records
Three volumes of historic Orange County road records compiled by Stewart E. Dunaway and self-published through Lulu.com in 2008, with maps. The documents, reproduced as facsimiles and sometimes transcribed, include petitions for new roads, requests for road upkeep, bridge records and papers explaining why roads were rerouted. Road petitions name the householders along a route. The third volume also gathers records connected with Cyrus Guy's lynching in Orange County in 1869.
[Replace Durham County bridge no. 158 on SR 1402 (Rivermont Rd) over unamed [sic] tributary to Eno River, TIP project no. B-3169, state project no. 8.2353701, W
An environmental document prepared in 2006 by the Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch of the North Carolina Department of Transportation for replacing Durham County bridge number 158, which carries Rivermont Road, State Road 1402, over an unnamed tributary of the Eno River, TIP project B-3169. Its subjects are environmental impact statements and the Eno River's environmental conditions; one volume of various foliations with maps, some folded.
2030 Long Range Transportation Plan
A long range transportation plan adopted in 2005 with a planning horizon of 2030. It concerns highway and transportation planning in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and Orange County, together with Durham and Chatham counties, and includes population, employment and economic statistics for the three counties.
A taste of heaven : a collection of recipes
Community cookbook from Cross Roads Baptist Church in Hillsborough, printed by Morris Press Cookbooks in 2005 in a three-ring binder. Recipes are credited to their contributors. The book includes Southern cooking, church history and material on the Family House of Chapel Hill. 124 pages of recipes plus front and back matter, with color illustrations.
Draft 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan
The draft of the 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan for the Durham and Orange County area, dated 2004, covering highway and transportation planning in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Durham and Orange County and population, employment and economic statistics in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties. A planning document for those tracing how the county's roads were projected to grow.
Fish Dam Road Maps
Joe Liles's 2004 maps of Fish Dam Road, tracing its course across Durham, Orange, Granville and Wake counties.
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Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Buses between Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsboro, 1924–1925 Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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