Then & Now: Brookberry Farm
Bowman Gray Jr. (1907-1969) and his wife, Elizabeth Palmer Christian Gray (1915-1974), began buying land for Brookberry Farm in 1946. They built a home on the farm, which consisted of 795 acres on the outskirts...
Author: Molly Grogan Rawls
Advertising for Women in the Early 1900s
Early 1900s newspaper advertisements often focused on modern appliances that were developed to make household chores easier on women. Here are a few of the advertisements that I’ve come across in the local newspapers...
April Feast: Village Tavern’s Apple Walnut Muffins
The Village Tavern, located in Winston-Salem at 2000 Griffith Road (pictured) and at Reynolda Village, is one of my favorite restaurants. One of my favorite dishes at the Tavern, particularly as a luncheon item,...
Elks Auditorium Fire…100 Years Ago
The Elks Auditorium, located on the corner of West Fifth and North Liberty Streets, opened in 1903. The opening event featured a minstrel and comedy show featuring local talent. The Auditorium attracted a variety of entertainers...
National Library Week – April 10-16, 2016
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of...
Book Signing for Winston-Salem’s Historic Salem Cemetery
Author Molly Grogan Rawls will sign copies of her new book, Winston-Salem’s Historic Salem Cemetery, at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, April 9th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The book is an illustrated profile...
Reynolds Park
The Winston-Salem Journal ran a story about Reynolds Park in the March 20th issue. The story included a few images of the park through the years, but did not cover many of the features...
Easter Sunday 2016
Christ the Lord is risen today. Hallelujah! In the words of Charles Wesley’s beautiful hymn, dated 1739, from Matthew 28:5-6: Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!...
March Feast: Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is a special dessert for any occasion, but it definitely makes a hit at Easter. When my Aunt Irene gave me a cookbook from Christ Church in New Bern, she told me that everything...
Book Alert: Winston-Salem’s Historic Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery was chartered in 1857 and is located in Winston-Salem, adjacent to God’s Acre in Old Salem. Winston-Salem’s Historic Salem Cemetery is an illustrated profile of the cemetery itself, and of the people who...