March 20: Happy Birthday! William King Hoyt
William King Hoyt was born in Saratoga County, New York, in 1889. He graduated from Swarthmore College and was employed by the Trenton, New Jersey, Times from mid-1912 to 1924. During that time he...
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March 20,1936: Admiral Byrd Shares his Adventures
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in uniform at right, the famous Antarctic explorer, visited Winston-Salem on this date in 1936, and posed for pictures with Klondike Iceberg (the bull). Klondike Iceberg was owned by Thurmond...