http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/06/17/raleigh-the-beheaded-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raleigh-the-beheaded-one Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/06/17/raleigh-the-beheaded-one/comment-page-1/#comment-8955 Medical Symptoms Search Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:54:43 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=470#comment-8955 Another interesting tidbit for history buffs. The Hayes Barton neighborhood takes its name from Sir Walter Raleigh’s birthplace.

]]> http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/06/17/raleigh-the-beheaded-one/comment-page-1/#comment-8918 Ben Bromley Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:50:20 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=470#comment-8918 Some ancient sources say that Paul of Tarsus was beheaded, making St. Paul, Minnesota another state capital like that, but no one really knows for sure.

]]> http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/06/17/raleigh-the-beheaded-one/comment-page-1/#comment-8847 Jessica Sedgwick Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:00:03 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=470#comment-8847 Marietta, Ohio was named for Queen Marie Antoinette, who shared Raleigh’s ill fate. Though not a state capital, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica it was the first capital of the Northwest Territory.

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