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| Event | Date of Event |
|---|---|
| Birth of Nathaniel Jones of White Plains | January 13, 1749 |
| Establishment of Bradford's Ordinary | 1760 - 1794 |
| Construction of Nancy Jones House | 1803 |
| Birth of Frank Page | August 30, 1824 |
| North Carolina Railroad arrives in Cary | 1854 |
| Frank Page arrives in Cary and begins building his home and businesses | 1854 |
| Birth of Walter Hines Page | August 15, 1855 |
| Birth or Arch Arrington, Sr. | 1859 |
| Civil War Armies Camp in Cary | April 16, 1865 |
| Frank Page builds a hotel (now the Page-Walker Arts & History Center) | 1871 |
| Incorporation of Cary | April 3. 1871 |
| Jacob & Helen Walker buy the hotel from Frank Page | 1884 |
| Establishment of Cary Academy | July 24, 1896 |
| Cary Academy becomes Cary High School, the first public high school in North Carolina | 1907 |
| Gourd Gardeners Club established; Cary becomes "Gourd Capital of the Nation" | 1937 |
| Cary Centennial | April 3, 1971 |
| Founding of the Cary Historical Society | July 23, 1975 |
| Founding of the Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel | August 5, 1985 |
| Opening of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center (First Floor) | December 8, 1991 |
| Opening of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center (Full Facility) | December 4, 1994 |
| Opening of the Cary Heritage Museum | May 19, 2000 |
| Page-Walker Garden established | 1977 |
| Opening of the Cary Arts Center | August 13, 2011 |
| Opening of The Cary Theater | February 22, 2014 |
| Page-Walker Herb Garden named for Anne B. Kratzer | 2015 |
| Nancy Jones house moved | March 20, 2021 |
| Cary Sesquicentennial | April 3, 2021 |
| Cary Downtown Park phase 1 opens | 2017 |
| Cary Regional Library opens | 2019 |
| Ivey-Ellington House moved | February 20, 2023 |
| Cary Downtown Park phase 2 opens | November 19, 2023 |
To learn more about Cary history, check out our Cary history publications and our "Cary Me Back" blog.
