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Extracted from our oral history interviews, these articles appeared in the Cary News (2001 - 2016) and in Cary Citizen (2017 - 2022).

Oral History Project and a Wagon Train	Mar 2001
Remembering Doctor Yarborough	Mar 2001
Rogers Restaurant	Apr 2001
Swimming Holes	Apr 2001
Making and Preserving Food	Apr 2001
A Cattle Drive through Cary	Jun 2007
Kids Took a Train Alone to Raleigh to the Movies	Jul 2007
Remembering Linville Midgette	Aug 2007
Early Cary Fire Department	Sep 2007
The Green Level Community	Oct 2007
History of Cary High School on Academy Street	Oct 2007
Cary's Early Trains	Nov 2007
Christmas in Cary	Dec 2007
Remembering First Jobs	Jan 2008
Cary's Blacksmiths	Feb 2008
Cary's First Utilities	Apr 2008
Cary's First Recreation Program	May 2008
Games Kids Played	Jun 2008
Cary's Early Developers	Jul 2008
Cary's Early Transportation	Aug 2008
Cary High School Memories	Sep 2008
Remembering Doctor Templeton	Sep 2008
Cary Ghost Stories	Oct 2008
The Great Depression	Nov 2008
People Getting Together	Dec 2008
The Page-Walker Hotel	Jan 2009
Dating Rituals	Feb 2009
Golden Gloves Boxing	Mar 2009
World War II Homefront	May 2009
Cary High Graduations	Jun 2009
Movies in the Field	Jul 2009
The Chicken Snake	Aug 2009
Cary's Volunteer Fire Department	Sep 2009
The State Fair and Circuses in the Fall	Oct 2009
Hog Killing Month	Dec 2009
Cary's Early Churches	Dec 2009
Remembering Cary High Teachers	Jan 2010
Cary's First Businesses	Feb 2010
Cary's High School Sports	Mar 2010
Early Civic Groups	Apr 2010
The Desegregation of Cary	May 2010
Cary's Segregated Schools	Jun 2010
Laws that Broke Segregation	Jul 2010
When Kids Made their own Toys	Aug 2010
Cary Elementary Memories	Sep 2010
Deborah Matthews Segregated her School	Oct 2010
Early Black Schools	Nov 2010
Cary's Segregated Society	Dec 2010
Courtship Decades Ago	Feb 2011
Raising Chickens and Eggs	Mar 2011
Remembering Russell O. Heater	Mar 2011
The Page House Fire	Apr 2011
Historic Cary Homes	May 2011
Weddings and Funerals in Cary's Past	Jun 2011
Cary Civil War Stories	Jul 2011
Backyard Livestock	Aug 2011
Past Performances and Sports at Cary High	Sep 2011
How Kids Entertained Themselves	Oct 2011
Remembering a First Car	Nov 2011
White Plains Cemetery	Dec 2011
Remembering Pattie Lou Johnson and Farm Life	Jan 2012
When Cary had Few Paved Streets	Feb 2012
Cary's Civil War	Mar 2012
Cary's First Library	Apr 2012
Athletic Programs helped Cary Integrate	May 2012
Cary's First Shopping Centers	May 2012
Cary's Fire Station No. 1	Jun 2012
The Korean War	Jul 1012
The Beginning of Lazy Daze	Aug 2012
Segregated Cary West High School	Sep 2012
Neighbors Helped Neighbors	Oct 2012
Cary High Memories from Teachers	Nov 2012
Caryites Shopped in Raleigh	Dec 2012
Cary Dreamfest for Black History Month	Jan 2013
Maynard Family Farm	Feb 2013
David Martin Supported his Family as a Kid	Mar 2013
Page-Walker Historic Herb Garden	Apr 2013
Cary's Old Time Soda Fountains	May 2013
Cary's Past Farm Crops and Moonshine	Jun 2013
RTP Helped Cary Grow	Aug 2013
Life in Segregated Cary	Sep 2013
Cary Band Day	Oct 2013
Cary's Indian-American History	Nov 2013
History of Cary Shopping Centers	Dec 2013

Desegregating Cary's Fire Department	Jan 2014
Building Segregated Kingswood Elementary	Feb 2014
Cary Theater History - Part I	Mar 2014
Cary Theater History - Part II	Apr 2014
Cary's First Public Water System	May 2014
First Green Hope High School	Jun 2014
Mitchell's Drugstore	Jul 2014
The Wiley D. Jones House	Aug 2014
Cary's First Grocery Stores	Sep 2014
Cary High's First Band	Oct 2014
Cary's World War II Veteran Memories	Nov 2014
Black and White Churches Share Services	Dec 2014
Remembering Reverend Meadows	Jan 2015
Origins of Cary Post Office and Chamber	Feb 2015
Cary High School Mischief	Mar 2015
Developing Prestonwood Country Club	Apr 2015
Old Time Women's Proper Behavior	May 2015
History of Academy Street	Jun 2015
Past Time Teen Rebelling	Jul 2015
The Maynard Farm	Aug 2015
History of Umstead Park	Sep 2015
Cary High as a Boarding School	Oct 2015
Cary's Early Social Groups	Nov 2015
Cary's Early Stores	Dec 2015
Remembering Esther Ivey and Elva Templeton	Jan 2016
Remembering Bun Ferrell	Feb 2016
History of Grocery Boys	Mar 2016
Jake and Helen Walker ran Page-Walker Hotel	Apr 2016
Remembering Dad Dunham	Jun 2016
A History of Life Experiences	Jul 2016
The Heart of Cary Association	Aug 2016
Cary High School's Centennial in 1996	Sep 2016
Funny World War II Stories	Nov 2016
Henry Adams Leads Desegregation of Cary Schools	Dec 2016
World War I Remembered	May 2017
Rivalry of Two Cary Families	Jun 2017
Train Masters	Sep 2017
Cary's Early Restaurants	Oct 2017
Early TV and Radio	Nov 2017
World War II Cannery and Sewing at Cary High	Dec 2017
Native Americans in Cary	Jan 2018
The 1918 Flu Epidemic	Feb 2018
Remembering the Dunhams	Mar 2018
Chores in the Early Days	Apr 2018
From Farm Kid to Big World	May 2018
Cary's YMCAs	Jun 2018
Cary General Stores	Jul 2018
Gourd Society of America	Aug 2018
Cary High Class Trips	Sep 2018
World War II War Bride	Oct 2018
Early Crime in Cary	Nov 2018
Green Level Baptist Church History	Dec 2018
Homemade Food Production	Jan 2019
Remembering the Evans Family	Feb 2019
Barnabus Jones Farm - Part I	Mar 2019
Barnabus Jones Farm - Part 2	Apr 2019
Rogers Motel	May 2019
Rogers Restaurant	Jun 2019
Early History of the Rogers Building	Jul 2019
Cary Colored School	Aug 2019
Teachers of the Deaf	Sep 2019
The Homefront during World War II	Nov 2019
Traveling Preachers	Dec 2019
Tobacco Farms and Warehouses	Jan 2020
Matthews House as a Florist Shop	Mar 2020
Cary Post Office	Apr 2020
Hunting and Cooking	May 2020
Remembering Ruth Cathey Fox	Jun 2020
Saving a Black Cemetery	Jul 2020
History of the Dorcas Shop	Aug 2020
History of Kildaire Farm	Sep 2020
One Grade Only Integrated Schools Plan	Oct 2020
Publishing the Book Around and About Cary	Dec 2020
Long-Time Barber Austin Rich	Jan 2021
Children Surviving the Depression	Feb 2021
Remembering Ethel Adams	Mar 2021
Cary Centennial Memories	Apr 2021
Remembering Cary Long-Time Train Master	May 2021
Remembering Jeanette Reaves Evans	Jun 2021
Early Swimming Holes	Jul 2021
Remembering Linville Midgette the Main Man	Aug 2021
Cary High Centennial in 1996	Sep 2021
A Case of Polio in World War II	Oct 2021
Early History of South Hills Mall	Nov 2021
Growing Up on Academy Street	Dec 2021
Memories of Berry O"Kelley High School	Jan 2022
The Franklin Farm	Feb 2022

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