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The co-ops sold the 130,000 barrel-a-day refinery and two terminals in 1988. [5] In 1990, Southern States bought the Wetsel Seed Company of Harrisonburg, Virginia, a family owned seed company founded in 1911, which became a subsidiary of Southern States. Five years later, the company’s name was changed to Wetsel Inc. Southern States sold the ...
Company Location Field Reference Notes 1613 Shirley Plantation: Charles City County, Virginia: Farm [1] [2] [3] 1623 Avedis Zildjian Company: Norwell, Massachusetts: Music Company Founded in Istanbul, moved to the U.S. in 1929. 1632-33 Tuttle's Red Barn: Dover, New Hampshire: Farm [1] [4] [5] [6] 1639 Field View Farm: Orange, Connecticut: Farm ...
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE) is a cooperatively-owned seed company based out of Mineral, Virginia.SESE is a source for heirloom seeds and other open-pollinated (non-hybrid) seeds with an emphasis on vegetables, flowers, and herbs that grow well in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia , after Elizabeth I , and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas .
George Watt Park (1853 – 1935) was an American businessman who founded the Geo. W. Park Seed Company, Inc., now known as Park Seed Company. Early life
Charles Copeland Morse (1842–1900 [1]) was an American businessman known as the "American Seed King". He co-founded the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, which became the world's leading flower and vegetable seed producer. [2] Born in Thomaston, Maine, Morse came to California originally in 1859, lured by the California Gold Rush.
Charles W. Gurney (May 13, 1840 – March 25, 1913) was an American businessman who founded Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company, an important seed supplier. Biography