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In 1926, he served on the finance committee for the Community Fund, a predecessor of today's United Way. Dayton's sons David Draper Dayton (1880–1923) and George Nelson Dayton (1886–1950) continued their father's business and his commitment to the community. In 1956, the Daytons built Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota.
George Draper Dayton. George Dayton (1857-1938) came to Minnesota from New York in 1883. His family was one of average means, and he had hoped to become a minister, but was lured by the urge to be in the business world. He married Emma Chadwick in 1878 and began buying farm mortgages in southwest Minnesota. In 1883 he and his family moved to ...
The history of Target Corporation first began in 1902 by George Dayton. The company was originally named Goodfellow Dry Goods in June 1902 before being renamed the Dayton's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910. The first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962, while the parent company was renamed the ...
Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high-end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years. [1] Although it was regionally known as a high-quality shopping destination, Dayton's is best remembered for ...
Bruce Bliss Dayton (August 16, 1918 – November 13, 2015) was an American retail executive, businessman, heir to the Dayton's Company fortune, and philanthropist.. Dayton was the last surviving member of the five Dayton brothers – all grandsons of George Dayton, the founder of The Dayton Company – who expanded Dayton's department store founded by their grandfather in downtown Minneapolis ...
George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician. Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant. [2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877.
Another brother George came to Hopedale in 1853 to join his brother in the firm of E.D. & George Draper. A year later he bought an interest in the new Dutcher temple, then made in North Bennington, Vermont that was an improvement on previous models. Two years later, the two companies would combine forces at Hopedale and become known as W. W ...
Barthell, built by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company in 1902. Benham, built and formerly owned by International Harvester. Blackey, built and formerly owned by Blackey Coal Company. Blue Heron, ghost town built by Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. David, built and formerly owned by Princess Elkhorn Coal Company.