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Governor Edward Telfair signed a deal to sell 20,000,000 acres (81,000 km 2) of land to the Yazoo companies for $207,000, or about 1 cent per acre. [3] These lands were located north of the mouth of the Yazoo River and extended eastward from the Mississippi.
1999 – Husqvarna acquired Yazoo/Kees Husqvarna acquired Nebraska-based lawn mower manufacturer Yazoo/Kees. [5] 2006 – On its own feet The company was spun off by Electrolux. 2007 – Acquisitions of strong brands The acquisition of Gardena in 2007 made the Husqvarna Group the European leader in consumer watering products. Acquiring Zenoah ...
Yazoo Brewing Company, a brewery in Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Yazoo/Kees (originally Yazoo Manufacturing Company), a maker of lawn mowers owned by Husqvarna; Yazoo Records, an American record label; Yazoo (drink), a flavoured milk drink made by Campina
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley was formed by the consolidation of The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, a corporation of the same name, hereinafter called The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company (of 1882) and the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company, under articles of consolidation, dated October 24, 1892, and filed in the States named as follows ...
Yazoo City is the county seat of Yazoo County, ... In 1915, the Orr Modern Motor Car Company was founded in Yazoo City by G.A. Wilson and C.D. Orr, with capital of ...
In 1794, politicians, including the state's leading Federalist, orchestrated the Yazoo land fraud, bribing legislatures to sell large swaths of land to four companies. In response to the news of these sales, Jackson resigned from his Senate seat, returned to the state, and was elected to the General Assembly in 1795, to personally organize an ...
At least 19 companies have cut a combined 14,000 jobs because of bankruptcies, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement services firm. Notably, ...
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began in Jackson, Mississippi , and continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi .