January 20: Happy Birthday! Hamilton Scales
Major Hamilton Scales was a native of Rockingham County and was born in 1821. For his livelihood, he made plug tobacco in Rockingham County. At the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the...
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January 20, 1961: New Farmers Dairy Plant
On this date: January 20, 1961. An announcement appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal that the new Farmers Cooperative Dairy plant on North Cherry Street will be ready for occupancy sometime in February. The plant has...