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L.R. Kershaw, also known as Leroy Kershaw, was born in Elmwood, Illinois, on December 6, 1880, to David R. Kershaw and Jennie M. (Cole) Kershaw. [1] He was an outstanding athlete in high school, as an accomplished running back in football and as a champion discus thrower in track & field events.
Ten years later, he co-founded the Bank of Commerce with his brother-in-law, James H. McBirney. In 1916, he founded the Union National Bank of Tulsa, which he housed in the Clinton Building. Besides banking and real estate, Clinton was interested in cattle raising. He and oilman William G. Skelly co-founded the Tulsa Stockyards. [2]
Union stockyards in the United States were centralized urban livestock yards where multiple rail lines delivered animals from ranches and farms for slaughter and meat packing. A stockyard company managed the work of unloading the livestock, which was faster and more efficient than using railway staff. [ 1 ]
Livestock Exchange Building may refer to: Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, Kansas City, Missouri; Livestock Exchange Building, part of the NRHP-listed Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas; Livestock Exchange Building (St. Joseph, Missouri) Livestock Exchange Building (Omaha, Nebraska)
Away from the tourist-crowded sidewalks and cattle drives of East Exchange Avenue sit the remaining pieces of the Fort Worth Stockyards’ livestock market. Tucked behind the Exchange Building are ...
The 90-year-old Star Cafe, a chicken-fried steak landmark that opened in the heyday of the Fort Worth Stockyards livestock market and meat packinghouses, has its second new owner in two years as ...
Livestock Exchange Building (Omaha, Nebraska) ... Stockyards Exchange; U. U.S. Futures Exchange This page was last edited on 13 February 2017, at 10:28 ...
The Kansas City Live Stock Exchange building was the headquarters of the former historic Kansas City Stockyards. It is located at 1600 Gennesse in Kansas City, Missouri , in the West Bottoms . The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by Bill Haw.