The familiar words, “Play ball!” have resounded throughout Winston-Salem and Forsyth County for as long as anyone living today can remember. The South’s agreeable climate makes for a long baseball season and provides residents with an outdoor sport that boys and girls of all ages can play. From our early days of roll-a-bat to T-ball and coach-pitch to Little League baseball, children learn team dynamics and spirit, and get to run, catch, hit, and celebrate....

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high,” as the George Gershwin song goes. Our summertime memories may include fishing in a neighborhood pond and seeing cotton fields in full bloom on the drive to the beach. But there’s so much more to remember about summertime, so let’s reminisce about our summer experiences in Winston-Salem.....

Be sure to check out the article on Molly Rawls in the July/August 2016 issue of Yadkin Valley Living Magazine!

Molly has long depended on cemetery records in her research, and while it may seem macabre to some, cemeteries are beautiful places to remember and, moreover, to learn. For instance, during some research in the Forsyth County Genealogy Society’s cemetery records, Molly came across the name of a two-year old child who passed away in 1923...

Day camps and resident camps have attracted Forsyth County youngsters for over 90 years. Camps by the name of Lasater, Civitan, Sylvania, Dor-ker, Shirley Rogers, and Betty Hastings just exist as memories today. Camp Hanes and Camp Raven Knob date their beginnings to 1927 and 1954, respectively, and still operate as camps for young people today...

Molly Grogan Rawls sifts through old photographs and newspaper articles, finding the stories behind the men and women who built Winston-Salem.
Though a 31-year Lewisville resident, Rawls is more associated with her work in preserving the history of the big city 10 miles away....

On October 20, 2015, Molly Rawls received the 2015 Achie K. David Award, presented by the Wachovia Historical Society.

Be sure to check out the article on Molly Rawls in the May/June 2012 issue of Yadkin Valley Living Magazine!

August 29, 1918 was a great day to be in downtown Winston-Salem. There was no forewarning, no advance notice that this would be a red-letter day in Winston-Salem history. You just had to be there.