“Winston-Salem was a small city compared to Philadelphia…. We found out that Winston-Salem was where R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was located, which was why we saw all those endless huge fields of tobacco when we were coming down on the train…. “The city itself — and our college, too — was named after Winston […]
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Naming Winston-Salem: A revisionist history
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged earl the pearl monroe, r j reynolds tobacco, winston-salem nc, winston-salem state on February 25, 2014 | 1 Comment »
