March 14: Happy Birthday! Samuel Mickey
Few people have a 7- foot-tall landmark to remind passersby of their life’s work. But that is not the case for Samuel T. Mickey. Samuel Timothy Mickey was born in Salem in 1839, and...
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March 14, 1928: Gilmer’s New Building Venture
The announcement in the Winston-Salem Journal on this date in 1928 proclaimed plans for a new six-story building for Gilmers, Inc., to be built on the corner of West Fourth and Liberty Streets. The...