Record #:

4374

Author(s):

Carr, Genie

Abstract:

In the winter of 1753, the Moravian church in Pennsylvania sent twelve young men to the Piedmont section of North Carolina to start a settlement which they called Bethabara. This village gave way in the 1760s to the newer town of Salem. Several of Bethabara's original buildings and stone foundations remain. Today the state's first Moravian settlement is a historic site and city park.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 67 Issue 7, Dec 1999, p114-116, 118-119

Subject(s):

Moravians; Bethabara; Historic sites--Winston-Salem; Forests and forestry--History