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Price: $29.00
Publisher: CC: (1905)
Seller ID: 2080-102
ISBN: 0806301546
Condition: 252 pages, (1905), 2003, 252 pp., illus., paper, CC
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Price: $18.00
Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1898)
Seller ID: F1236
ISBN: 0788412361
Condition: 150 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1898), 2008, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 150 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc
This small book gives a remarkably detailed history of the people and the establishment of Forsyth County, which is the home of Winston-Salem. This land had many owners as the result of a series of royal bequests, land patents and proprietorships. In 1753, Moravians came from Germany via Pennsylvania and began to settle on a tract of land that they called Wachovia. Other pioneers and settlements soon followed at Kernersville, Friedberg, Friedland and Hope. Eventually, townships were formed, civic groups convened, and a tract was chosen on which to build a county courthouse. Leading citizens ar... View more info
