Casey and Abigail are visiting Durham, where they will enjoy adventures like seeing the early Duke Homestead farms and factories. The Duke family founded the world's largest tobacco company and helped create a tobacco market. They also invested profits in industries and land. Another site is the Alamance Battle Ground, where regulators battling the governor in 1771 foreshadowed colonial tactics against Britain. Finally, the Bennett Place is where Confederate and Union generals met to end the Civil War in 1865. Their estimated trip costs include $780 for lodging, $120 for meals, and $14 for gas.

1. CaseyAbigail NC DURHAM

2. DurhamWelcome to Durham! You will enjoy this very much. We are going on lots of different adventures in Durham! Lets Go !

3. Duke HomesteadYou can see that the early factories and farms where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. Later his son founded the largest tobacco company. The worlds largest tobacco company. Also Duke and others helped create a market. Many profits were invested in industries and land, but others were used differently.

4. Duke Homestead

5. Alamance Battle GroundIn 1771, an armed rebellion of backcountry farmers called regulators battled with governor William Tryson’s militia. Throughout the rebellion the regulators were crushed. A few years later their tactics became a model for their colonists fighting.

6. Alamance Battle Ground

7. Bennett PlaceThis simple farm house is situated between confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston headquarters in Greensboro and Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s in Raleigh. In 1865, the two commanders met at the Bennett Place.

8. COSTLodging : $780 Washington Golf InnMeals : $120Gas : $14