WELCOME TO WINSTON-SALEM History. Vitality. Reinvention. ,Q:LQVWRQ6DOHPDÁRXULVKLQJDUWVVFHQHDQGEXVWOLQJ GRZQWRZQDUHURRWHGLQFRORQLDODQGPDQXIDFWXULQJWUDGLWLRQV 7KHDUHDZDVÀUVWVHWWOHGLQE\WKH0RUDYLDQVDUHOLJLRXV JURXSIURP(DVWHUQ(XURSH$FHQWXU\ODWHUWKHFLW\RI :LQVWRQ EHFDPHDQLQGXVWULDOKXEIRUWH[WLOHVDQGWREDFFR,Q WKHWZRXQLWHGDQG:LQVWRQ6DOHPZDVERUQ 7RGD\PRUHWKDQUHVWDXUDQWVJDOOHULHVDQGPXVHXPV DQGGR]HQVRI OLYHPXVLFDQGSHUIRUPLQJDUWVYHQXHVLQGRZQWRZQDORQHRIIHUG\QDPLFELJFLW\FXOWXUHZLWKVPDOOWRZQFKDUP 1RUWK&DUROLQD·VÀIWKODUJHVWFLW\LVNQRZQDVD&LW\RI $UWV ,QQRYDWLRQDQGLWOLYHVXSWRLWVPRQLNHUZLWKDEXVLQHVVFXOWXUH WKDWFHOHEUDWHVHQWUHSUHQHXUVKLSDWKULYLQJPHGLFDOFRPPXQLW\ DQGQDWLRQDOO\DFFODLPHGVFKRROV &RPHEHLPPHUVHGLQDSODFHRI GLYHUVLW\DQGDFWLYLW\RI FRPPHUFHDQGDFKLHYHPHQWDQGRI ORFDOÁDYRUVDQGVLSVÞ established. After the Civil War, Winston becomes a thriving industrial center. S 1851 Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the historic home of R.J. Reynolds, is completed. HanesBrands is founded in WinstonSalem. 1892 S WinstonSalem State University is founded and later becomes the wÀÃÌƂvÀV> American institution in the nation to grant elementary teaching degrees. S 1901 1913 S Winston and Salem unite as one city: WinstonSalem. S 1917