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Opened interior of N.C. The ground-breaking took place nearby, July 11, 1851. First president, John Motley Morehead.
Founded Slater Academy, now Winston-Salem State Univ.; president, 1892-1904, 1913-34. Religious and community leader. Lived one block west.
Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891, was 1/2 mi. E.
Lutheran. Congregation organized before 1791; church shared with other denominations until the 1850s. This bldg., 1940.
Smelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.
Pres. George Washington visited Moravian town of Salem and spent the night of May 31, 1791, at tavern ½ mile north.
Moses and Ceasar Cone pioneered marketing of textiles; manufactured denim & flannel. Their first mill, Proximity, 1895, was 1/4 mile N.E.
Established in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is 1/2 mile east.
First free school in the state, established under Common School Law of 1839, opened January 20, 1840, in this vicinity.
Pioneer country music recording artist. With N.C. Ramblers, 1918-31, popularized old-time music. Grave 1/2 mi. SW.