Bull City: Building of a Tobacco Empire - Downtown Durham

Durham is an exciting small southern city to explore. History, incredible food and drink, baseball along side Broadway & local theatres and let's not forget Durham blues music all taking place surrounded by old tobacco warehouses. During the late 1800s, in the Bull City, came the rise of the tobacco industry. As fast as it formed, it fell, but the years in between saw the creation of an empire. With roots in tobacco farming, we'll learn how the Duke family built this empire beside their competitors. Starting at the American Tobacco Campus with how Durham got established, we will explore historical event that took place in and near downtown that ended the civil war in the south and created this empire. Stop by Burt's Bee's cabin & visit the Durham Athletic Park & DPAC. We'll explore a few more old warehouses then go into an old bank vault & view some cool murals and the bull statue. We'll listen Durham blues music throughout the tour and talk about movies filmed in Durham.