The mission of the Walkertown Area Historical Society, Inc. is to research, organize and preserve the history of Walkertown, North Carolina and the surrounding areas. This society will seek to communicate the story of Walkertown's rich history. Meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.
Home Archives Membership Meetings  Bylaws Relevant Websites Contact Us	Meetings Please join us for the next meeting! Click here for previous meeting minutes. Anyone with an interest in Walkertown is welcome to attend the historical society meetings. You do not have to be a member. General membership meetings are normally held on the third Tuesday of every other month (bi-monthly), 6:30 pm at the Walkertown Library located at 2969 Main St, Walkertown, NC 27051. (336) 703-2990. The WAHS Board meets at the WAHS Center, 3058 Church Street, on the second Tuesday of every month at 5 pm. We welcome members at the board meetings. If you'd like to get more involved with WAHS, please contact us WalkertownHistory@gmail.com. Future Meeting Dates Saturday, September 18, 2010 4:30 Join us for a Silent Auction & the Annual WAHS Potluck Picnic at the WAHS Center, 3058 Church Street. Please bring a covered dish to share. If convenient, please bring chairs also. We are gathering items of value for our SILENT AUCTION. Donors of auction items will be listed on our website with an optional link to the donor's website. All proceeds support WAHS's work to research, organize, preserve and share our local history. Click here to view items donated. Please email WalkertownHistory@gmail.com or call 336-749-6333, to donate. Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Bruce Frankel, Director of Korner's Folly in Kernersville, NC will give a presentation on "the strangest house in the world". http://www.kornersfolly.org/ Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Molly Rawls Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Saturday, September 17, 2011 Annual WAHS potluck picnic. Previous Meetings Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Historians, authors and founding members of the Lewisville Historical Society, Darla Johnson and Merrikay Brown presented "Lewisville, North Carolina: A Photo History Journey". Lewisville Historical Society members collected photographs from their archives and area residents to create Images of America: Lewisville. Editor Merrikay Everett Brown came to the area in 1984, has managed the Lewisville Branch Library for 25 years, and was the first president of Lewisville Historical Society.  Editor Darla Morgan Johnson has Lewisville family heritage as well as career experience as a public library manager, nature educator and metadata specialist with DigitalForsyth.org. In 1859, Lewis Case Laugenour invested his wealth, which he acquired during the California Gold Rush, into establishing a town called Lewisville in Forsyth County, NC.  In the late 1700s, the surrounding area was visited by frontiersmen, Colonial soldiers, and pioneers journeying down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. By the late 1800s, Lewisville had become a bustling stopover for travelers who utilized campgrounds, the tavern and the trading post to rest for the journey on to Winston and Salem. May 18, 2010   Tom Hamilton, WAHS Archives Chair, discussed projects of the WAHS Archives Committee and Nathan Walker gave a tour of the website and new members-only online Gallery Archive. March, 2010  Tom Magnuson, President of the Trading Path Association presented "Moving Into the Carolina Backcountry", a discussion of the historic trading paths in North Carolina. This program was made possible through the support of the NC Humanities Council. Tom Magnuson received his BA (1972) and MA (1977) in History from San Jose State University. Tom is a member of the Historical Society of North Carolina, he is currently a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina Institute for Southern Studies, and he is a member of the North Carolina Humanities Forum through which he gives public lectures on colonial transportation in Carolina. In the seventies he worked in the integrated circuit industry and for the Navy's Special Projects Office (SSPO), and after post-graduate work at the Naval Post Graduate School (1977) and Duke University (1978-1982), where he studied doctrine development processes, he spent much of the eighties and nineties doing organization design and nurturing start-up ventures. In 1998 he turned an avocational interest in piedmont history and geography into the Trading Path Association. As founder and current President, Tom is responsible for making this venture a success.  www.tradingpath.org January 19, 2010   Authors Mike Marshall and Jerry Taylor discussed the subject of their book, Wicked Kernersville: Rogues, Robbers, Ruffians & Rumrunners. November 17, 2009    Click here to view/download meeting flyer pdf. (If you are unable to open this file, click here to download free Adobe Reader software). Writer and historian, Ed Southern, presented, “The Race to the Dan: The Retreat that Won the Revolution” will look at both the military aspects of Nathanael Greene’s race to safety across the Dan River, just ahead of Cornwallis’s pursuing British Army, and at the impact of Greene’s campaign on the civilian population of the parts of North Carolina he passed through, including what is now Forsyth, Stokes, and Rockingham Counties. Some of Mr. Southern's works are "Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas" and "The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605 - 1614". Both of these books can be found at www.Amazon.com. Ed Southern                 September 15, 2009 Volunteers from StoryLine gave a presentation at our September meeting. StoryLine is a volunteer-led effort to collect and share the stories of everyday people in Forsyth County. The project was initiated to honor the rich diversity of voices throughout our community and to celebrate our history, hopes and common humanity. The stories are collected via the Story Bus, a mobile recording studio that to community events, churches, diverse neighborhoods, schools and other venues. More information at www.StoryLineProject.org. Saturday, July 25, 2009     View and download meeting flyer here. (If you are unable to open this file, click here to download free Adobe Reader software). Covered dish (potluck) picnic at the Walkertown Community Park. We had a great turnout, lots of food and wonderful weather for our gathering at the park. Short video by photographer Melinda Robinson Wall follows. May 19, 2009 6:30 pm  Wayne Biby, a Walkertown Area Historical Society director, presented "Sharing Walkertown's Past" which included and interesting slide presentation. March 24, 2009 Click here to view or download meeting flyer. (If you are unable to open this file, click here to download free Adobe Reader software.) "Unintended Consequences of Spending the Simmering Summer of '65 (1965) in Walkertown" presented by Larry E. Tise. Mr. Tise is Wilbur and Orville Wright Distinguished Professor of History at East Carolina and author of "A House Not Made With Hands, Love's Methodist Church, 1791 - 1966". Click here for more information on Larry E. Tise and his books. January 20, 2008   Click here to view or download meeting flyer. (If you are unable to open this file, click here to download free Adobe Reader software.) Molly Rawls spoke on "Winston-Salem - Then and Now", which is the title of her new book. WAHS Directors, July 2008 Left to right: Harold Warner, Enos Jumper, Wayne Biby, Jane Morris, Joanne Neal & Wallace Baird.   Sharon Lane checking out one of five displays featuring some historical sites of Walkertown.   Getting acquainted at the first WAHS meeting July, 2008
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