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15 <br />H i s t o r <br />Residents of Rogers and Eubanks Roads can trace their family landholdings back to <br />the 1700s when some of the earliest families in Orange County, such as the Hogans <br />and Blackwoods, settled in the area. After emancipation, African American <br />families, like the Rogers and Nunns, began farming in the area, taking their crops for <br />sale at the Durham farmer's market and enduring the Great Depression. During the <br />development boom experienced by Orange County in the 1960s and 1970s, more <br />families joined the Rogers /Eubanks Road neighborhood. The area slowly lost its <br />agricultural focus as properties were divided among siblings and new housing was <br />built. <br />Yr <br />$ OLD LANDFILL <br />. <br />S <br />In 1972, the north side of Eubanks Road became the site of a solid waste landfill <br />_. <br />to serve Orange County. This was the first permitted solid waste disposal site in <br />Orange County and was constructed to lesser standards than the 1995 Landfill <br />'', �: <br />expansion on the southside of Eubanks Road. As a result of their proximity to the <br />,* <br />r: z•�a_ ';� ' C & D Landfill r Y 'r <br />_ - <br />landfill, residents in the Rogers Road Study area have endured several decades <br />. <br />of negative impacts associated with modern solid waste disposal practices. These <br />Orange Co. Landfill . <br />include increased illegal dumping, <br />..- + <br />xf ` <br />truck traffic, a putrid stench, contaminated wells, <br />► <br />•** <br />F A s <br />rats and vultures. <br />oil <br />.y.. k. .fir.. \\ -r.: i•.. ': +�� • - T .i Y • ' . � .}yy <br />a ' <br />Orange County Solid Waste Facilities <br />near Eubanks Rd. o soo 1,000 <br />Fee` <br />2,000 N I <br />Figure 3 - Aerial Image of Orange County Landfills <br />