September 27:Happy Birthday! George Elias Nissen
George Elias Nissen was born on this day in 1839, in Waughtown, to J. Phillip and Mary Vawter Nissen. His father was the founder of the Nissen Wagon Works, established in 1832. After his...
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September 27,1960: Parkway Plaza Shopping Center Opens
From 1955 to 1962, four major shopping centers were built in the Winston-Salem area. Thruway was the first to be built in Winston-Salem, and it was the second shopping center built in North Carolina....