Winston-Salem, North Carolina Official 2009 Visitor Guide - (Page 6) .Q`TMZUM& )"11: 5) #*35)%": #: ."3("3&5 4)",&41&"3& * U XBT B MPOH BSEVPVT KPVSOFZ UISPVHI B TUSBOHF OFX MBOE #VU JO UIF NJEFJHIUFFOUI DFOUVSZ B TNBMM EFUFSNJOFE CBOE PG .PSBWJBO CFMJFWFST TFU PVU GSPN UIFJS TFUUMFNFOUT JO FBTUFSO 1FOOTZMWBOJB PO B NJMF CBDLXPPET XBML TPVUI Sight unseen, they had purchased 98,000 acres, known as the Wachovia Tract, roughly today’s Forsyth County, North Carolina, where they hoped to build theocratic communities and continue their mission work among Native American tribes. Clearing land right away to establish the town of Bethabara gave them a foothold in the region. But as Bethabara quickly became overcrowded, these industrious and forward thinking men–and women–with the blessing of Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg, adminstrator for Moravian settlements in the American colonies, selected a new site not far away and drew up a grid-system plan, modeled after typical German towns, surrounded by agricultural fields. And exactly two hundred and fifty years ago–June 12, 1759–they founded Bethania, the first planned Moravian town in North Carolina. Twenty first century visitors can travel to historic 6 VisitWinstonSalem.com http://www.bethabarapark.org http://www.VisitWinstonSalem.com
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