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Wm. Cyrus Briggs 1861-1918

Wm. Cyrus Briggs 1861-1918 is a North Carolina historical marker in Forsyth County, dedicated 1959.

South Main Street at West First Street in Winston-Salem

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Invented in 1898 one of the first successful automatic cigarette machines. Workshop was 3 blocks east.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1950 · Winston-Salem East, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering the location of Wm. Cyrus Briggs 1861-1918, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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