Tourist Attraction (With a new Web site, Stokes hopes to lure visitors to county hot spots)
By Sherry Youngquist
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER
DANBURY
There was a time when Stokes County was known for fine resort hotels.
There was Moore's Springs, Piedmont Springs and Vade Mecum Springs. Visitors came to Stokes County from nearby cities for the "healing" water and the cool air of the Sauratown Mountains.
From in the early part of the last century, business slowed as automobiles became more available. By 1929, after two hotels at the springs burned, the tourism business in Stokes County had fallen on hard times.
Stokes officials are working hard to change that and bring more tourists here. They've started a Web site, visitstokesnc.com, to help visitors plan trips and know what there is to do.
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER
DANBURY
There was a time when Stokes County was known for fine resort hotels.
There was Moore's Springs, Piedmont Springs and Vade Mecum Springs. Visitors came to Stokes County from nearby cities for the "healing" water and the cool air of the Sauratown Mountains.
From in the early part of the last century, business slowed as automobiles became more available. By 1929, after two hotels at the springs burned, the tourism business in Stokes County had fallen on hard times.
Stokes officials are working hard to change that and bring more tourists here. They've started a Web site, visitstokesnc.com, to help visitors plan trips and know what there is to do.
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