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Alonzo Herndon. In 1905, a slave-born barber Alonzo Franklin Herndon founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Herndon bought a small self-help association known as the Atlanta Benevolent and Protective Association for $140, which Reverend Peter Bryant of Wheat Street Baptist Church had established the year before.
Alonzo "Lon" Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 Walton County, Georgia – July 21, 1927) was an African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. Born into slavery, he became one of the first African American millionaires in the United States, first achieving success by owning and operating three large barber shops in the city ...
A post office called Herndon was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1974. [2] The community was named after William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), United States Navy scientist, explorer, and hero. [3]
Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE) is a privately owned themed-entertainment company that operates several theme parks and tourist attractions within the United States, and as of 2021, one aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia.An elegant Classical Revival mansion with Beaux Arts influences, it was the home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858-1927), a rags-to-riches success story who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire as founder and head of the Atlanta ...
A 100-year-old home in Valdosta, Ga., is damaged by an oak tree after Hurricane Helene moved through the area on Sept. 27. “It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage ...
“A local company last time (during Idalia) quoted the roof alone (at) $40,000,” Shahan said. “And damage on the inside from flooring and mold and all that, they said it would be closer to ...
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia.As the principal city of the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area, which in 2023 had a metropolitan population of 151,118, according to the US Census Bureau its metropolitan area includes Brooks County to the west.