He put cigarette cards into each pack. By the 1930s, these were hugely popular and today are sought-after collectors' items. Coincidentally, modern Skybox trading cards are produced in Durham today. It was one of the original thirteen colonies, the first colony to vote for independence and the twelfth to ratify the Constitution. With 52,660 square miles, North Carolina now has 7.2 million residents.
Dogwood is the state flower, the cardinal is the state bird.
This comprehensive laborshed region is highly-rated, both as a place to live and a place to do business. USA The invention of B.C. Headache Powders in Durham in 1910 may have been the city's first step toward the City of Medicine designation, then Duke University Medical School opened in 1930. Now Durham is home to many diet and fitness centers, a number of world-class pharmaceutical research centers and five major hospitals Durham has become synonymous with medicine. Nearly one in four people in Durham work in the health-related field, making medicine the city's leading industry. There are more than 2,300 licensed physicians and interns in Durham.