May 12, 1913 is a red-letter date in Winston-Salem’s history because it is the official date that Winston and Salem were consolidated. After years of meetings, debates, arguments, and planning, the towns decided that...
James Luther Lashmit was born in 1872. He grew up on a “one-horse” farm in Forsyth County. When he was young, he attended the old free school at Flat Rock and high school at...
Mary Hanes Wharton’s photo was in the newspaper several times over the years that she lived in Winston-Salem. She was born in Salem, in 1892, to Andrew Thomas and Lucy Lawrence Hanes. Mary was...
Cecil William “Bill” Simmons joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940 and is considered to be the first North Carolinian to get his wings with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Bill was...
The headline in the September 4, 1942 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal was enticing: “Twin City Man Rooms With Gable.” W. T. Gilliam wrote to his brother, Henry Gilliam, that he was rooming with...
William Thomas Brown (1866-1924) was born in Mocksville, but lived in Winston-Salem most of his life. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown. Dr. Brown was in the tobacco manufacturing...
Many stories came from events such as wars, and World War I certainly had its share of interesting stories. Most of the stories involve the soldiers and their special circumstances. One particular story involved a...
Phillip Hardin Lybrook was born in 1868 in Patrick County, Virginia, to Judge Andrew Murray Lybrook and Mary Josephine Reynolds Lybrook. Phillip was the oldest child of at least eight children. His mother, Mary...
Shirley George Rogers was born in New York in 1864. He moved to Winston-Salem in 1890 and worked as a plumber for the L. B. Brickenstein Company. He also worked for the Salem Volunteer...
If you attended a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school in the late 1950s or in the 1960s, you might have heard about a local author named Julia Montgomery Street. In fact, you might have read her books or...
