A former tobacco salesman watches over the evolution of his family’s old marketplace into a modern living complex.
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A Tobacco Town Transformed: Winston-Salem
R.J. Reynolds’s old tobacco campus is now a center for innovation.
Memories of Pulling Tobacco, a Labor of Love
The notion of pulling tobacco is much more romantic than the reality of working in the fields.
The History of Tobacco Barns in North Carolina
Tobacco barns once numbered a half million and were fixtures on farms across the state. Today, only about 50,000 still stand, vestiges of the tobacco industry, deteriorating reminders of the leaves’ influence on our culture.
Durham
When the tobacco industry left town, so did a piece of Durham’s spirit. But two decades after American Tobacco produced its last cigarette here, a reinvented campus on the same site thrives with businesses built for the future, giving the city a new soul, rising from the ashes.
An Abbreviated History of Winston-Salem
Tied together by tobacco, the Camel City sparks with a vibrant arts community, Moravian heritage, and downtown destinations.
