A history of Stem,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Stem from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Stem was established as a separate and distinct entity from Tally Ho township in 1888 by William Thomas Stem. The Stem family were co-proprietors of a general store in the Tally Ho township and owners of the land where a new spur of the Richmond and Danville Railroad terminated. Stem was built around this new rail station. The town was incorporated in 1911.
Stem is home to the historic Cozart-Coley House. Tally Ho township was the childhood home of James Webb, for which the space telescope is named.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Stem’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Negro tenants and neighbors e…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Stem
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Stem, decade by decade
CommonsThe Negro tenants and neighbors eating dinner after the whit1939
LOCMrs. Wilkins' son watering the horse, Tally Ho, near Stem, …1939
LOCBarn and feed for livestock on Fred Wilkins farm, Tally Ho,…1939
LOCWooden peg used in corn shucking. Fred Wilkins farm. Tally …1939
LOCOne of the Wilkins clan going into house with water. Tally …1939
LOCCorn shucking on farm near the Fred Wilkins place, Granvill…19391990s
Nothing in Stem is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stem has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Obediah Winston Farm in Creedmoor, 5 miles away.
Stem and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mrs. Wilkins' son watering the horse, Tally Ho, near Stem, Granville County, North Carolina (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.