Larry Rhodes, age 12, of Winson‑Salem, N.C., for his question;

How did the name Winston get connected with Salem?

The Moravian Brethren were the first Protestant Christians to take up missionary work. They came from Bavaria and the Indians of Pennsylvania and Georgia knew them at the start of the eighteenth century. In 1766, they bought 100,000 acres of land and started the town of Salem, North Carolina.

In 1849, the town of Winston was settled about a mile away from the older town of Salem. It was named in honor of Major John Winston. Through the years, the two neighbor towns prospered and grew until their borders touched. In 1913, it was decided by popular vote to make them one ‑ the present city of Winston‑Salem.

This busy town., high on the Piedmont plateau, is home to some 88,000 North Carolinians. It is a large textile center and the biggest of all cigarette makers in the world. However, the dignity and the spirit of old Salem has not been lost in this burley‑burley of modern industry. Fifteen of the old buildings erected by the Moravian before 1800 still stand in the heart of. the city.