Two hundred years ago, Moravian settlers visualized a community hard-working, prosperous, religious, and unified. Sharpe details the history, geography, industry, and culture of Forsythe County.
R.J. Reynolds inaugurated a unique profit-sharing plan, which was his secret to success as an organizer of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Reynolds encouraged tobacco pioneers to participate in financing his company, and they were made millionaires.
Peace has not always rested on Winston-Salem and Forsyth. Political, social, and economic fights have left scars on sensitive memories, if not on history.
The move of Wake Forest to Forsyth will make this a school county, as it already is an industrial and medical center. But 200 years ago it was already an educational center.