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  2. John W. Tyson - Wikipedia

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    In 1947, he incorporated Tyson Feed and Hatchery, [7] which was active in three phases of chicken farming: supplying chicks to farmers, selling feed to farmers, and transporting chickens to market. By 1952, the year Tyson's son Don Tyson dropped out of college to join the company as general manager , [ 8 ] Tyson Feed and Hatchery was well ...

  3. Founding Farmers - Wikipedia

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    Founding Farmers is an American upscale-casual restaurant owned by the North Dakota Farmers Union and Farmers Restaurant Group (FRG). The restaurant was founded in 2008 when Farmers Restaurant Group co-owners Dan Simons and Michael Vucurevich partnered up with the North Dakota Farmers Union to open the flagship Founding Farmers on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. [1] Founding Farmers ...

  4. Land Run of 1892 - Wikipedia

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    Land Run of Cheyenne and Arapaho land 1892. The Land Run of 1892 was the opening of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation to settlement in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. One of seven in Oklahoma, it occurred on April 19, 1892, and opened up land that would become Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita, and Roger Mills counties.

  5. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    An extension of the homestead principle in law, the Homestead Acts were an expression of the Free Soil policy of Northerners who wanted individual farmers to own and operate their own farms, as opposed to Southern slave owners who wanted to buy up large tracts of land and use slave labor, thereby shutting out free white farmers.

  6. Tysons, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Tysons Corner Center mall is one of the most famous landmarks in Tysons, Virginia and Fairfax County. Tysons, also known as Tysons Corner, [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, spanning from the corner of SR 123 (Chain Bridge Road) and SR 7 (Leesburg Pike). [6]

  7. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Farmers demanded relief as the agricultural depression grew steadily worse in the middle 1920s, while the rest of the economy flourished. Farmers had a powerful voice in Congress, and demanded federal subsidies, most notably the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill. It was passed but vetoed by President Calvin Coolidge. [66]

  8. History of Tulsa, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Each of the larger tribes received reservation land holdings, individual governments were formed, and tribal citizens worked to rebuild their institutions, often as farmers, trappers, and ranchers. The majority of the American Indians (including the numerous Muscogee and Cherokee settlers) were removed from the Southern states.

  9. Cherokee history - Wikipedia

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    In 1815, the US government established a Cherokee Reservation in Arkansas. [30] The reservation boundaries extended from north of the Arkansas River to the southern bank of the White River. The Bowl, Sequoyah, Spring Frog, and Tatsi (Dutch) and their bands settled there. These Cherokee became known as "Old Settlers," or Western Cherokee.