Merger: Making the Twin City
5/29/2013 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore why and how two towns in Forsyth County - Winston and Salem, consolidated in 1913.
Merger: Making the Twin City tells how and why Forsyth County came to have two towns – Winston and Salem - so close together that they consolidated in 1913. The hour-long program looks at the origins of Salem and its theocratic governance; the establishment of Winston and its rise as an industrial center; early, failed efforts at consolidation; and the forces that made consolidation inevitable.
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PBS North Carolina Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Merger: Making the Twin City
5/29/2013 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Merger: Making the Twin City tells how and why Forsyth County came to have two towns – Winston and Salem - so close together that they consolidated in 1913. The hour-long program looks at the origins of Salem and its theocratic governance; the establishment of Winston and its rise as an industrial center; early, failed efforts at consolidation; and the forces that made consolidation inevitable.
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