Spend even a little time driving around the Camel City, and you'll see 13th-century mythic heroes. Everywhere. Robin Hood. Little John. Maid Marian. Even Friar Tuck.
Winston-Salem resident Aaron Graff noticed this theme while cycling around town. And he's not imagining things. It's on street signs, neighborhoods, shopping centers: The Dash has a thing for Robin Hood, the outlaw of Sherwood Forest. But Aaron wants to know more:
“Why are there so many streets and neighborhoods and such that have a Robin Hood theme to their naming schemes?”
It's a good question, and a surprisingly tough one. But we dug in, and we have a few theories to run by you.
Theory One: The Moravians
This whole theme starts with Robinhood Road, one of the main drags in Winston-Salem that connects lots of places around town. It's a corridor that goes back centurie