October 17,1958: Groundbreaking for Whitaker Park
John C. Whitaker was chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Board of Directors from 1952 to 1959. On this day in 1958, he broke ground for the new cigarette plant that would...
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April 26,1961: Winston Cigarettes are Shipped
The first shipment of Winston cigarettes left Whitaker Park on this day in 1961. Photo shows the new Whitaker Park Manufacturing Plant. Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.