May 22: Happy Birthday! Miriam Efird Hoyt
Miriam Katherine Efird was born on this day in 1901, in Winston-Salem. Her parents were Jason Adam and Mary Stafford Efird. Since her father managed the Phoenix Hotel, and that is where her family...
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May 22,1906: Thomas Edison Comes to Town
On this day in 1906, Thomas Edison came through and stopped in Winston-Salem. He was enroute to Lincoln county to investigate the cobalt mines. Edison was traveling with Charles Edison, John Miller, Frank Ott,...