June 30: Happy Birthday! Ned Beach Smith
Ned Beach Smith was born on this day in 1890, in Forsyth County, to Jacob and Ida Smith. He attended Twin City Business College and began his career with Arista Mills by working in...
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June 30,1923: Robert E. Lasater Announces a New Camp
On this day in 1923, it was announced that Robert E. Lasater has bought a tract of forty-five acres. This is the tract of land that the Boy Scout Council selected for a permanent...
June 29: Happy Birthday! Charles Rudolph Isgett
Charles Rudolph Isgett was born on this day in 1909, in South Carolina. He came to Winston-Salem in 1920, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Scranton Business School. In the 1930s...
June 29,1990: RJR Factory #12 Closes
On this day in 1990, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company factory #12 closed after its final shift ending at midnight. The photo above was taken on Chestnut Street, looking north toward Third Street, in...
Blast From the Past: Remembering Benjamin Forsyth
Forsyth County was named for Benjamin Forsyth, a hero of the War of 1812 and an officer in the elite Rifle Regiment. Forsyth’s early life is not fully documented, but he was thought to...
June 28: Happy Birthday! Mary “Mollie” McCoy Hancock
Mary “Mollie” McCoy was born on this day in 1863, in Wentworth, to Josiah and Elizabeth Ellington McCoy. Mollie’s mother was a seamstress who wove her own cloth and owned one of the first...
June 28,1924: First Polo Game Played on New Field
Polo came to Winston-Salem officially in 1923. The Winston-Salem Polo club was organized with 13 members. Nine of the members are shown in the photo above. The members immediately secured the services of a...
June 27: Happy Birthday! Cleone E. Hobbs
Cleone E. Hobbs was born on this day in 1872, in Clinton, North Carolina. Cleone was a graduate of St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the class of 1897. She worked briefly in...
June 27,1940: Forsyth Kennel Club Organized
On this day in 1940, man’s best friend was recognized when the Forsyth Kennel Club was organized. The organization meeting was held at the Robert E. Lee Hotel, and officers of the club were...
June 26: Happy Birthday! Grover Cleveland Jarvis
Grover Cleveland Jarvis was born on this day in 1885, in Courtney, to Bryant and Mary Baity Jarvis. Grover came to Winston-Salem as a young boy. He took a job at the Salem Iron...