EventDate of Event
 Birth of Nathaniel Jones of White PlainsJanuary 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 Cary1854
 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 AcademyJuly 24, 1896
 Cary Academy becomes Cary High School, the first public high school in North Carolina1907
 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 established1977
 Opening of the Cary Arts Center
August 13, 2011
 Opening of The Cary TheaterFebruary 22, 2014
 Page-Walker Herb Garden named for Anne B. Kratzer 2015
 Nancy Jones house movedMarch 20, 2021
 Cary SesquicentennialApril 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 opensNovember 19, 2023

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