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The town had several businesses and public buildings: bakery, drugstore, livery stable, barbershop, church, school, library, and a machine shop. Sources such as the Oakland Sunshine , a leading black Oakland, California newspaper, in 1913 claimed that Allensworth generated nearly $5,000 monthly in its business ventures.
The town was named for and in part established by Col. Allen Allensworth, a chaplain of the United States Army who escaped slavery during the Civil War. On June 30, 1908, clergyman Colonel Allen Allensworth and Denison University graduate Professor William Alexander Payne [5] [6] established the California Colony and Home Promoting Association. [6]
The Cheese Board helped set up a sister cooperative, Arizmendi Bakery, in 1997 in Oakland, and another in San Francisco's Inner Sunset in 2000. [41] Other notable brands with wide local distribution include the French-Italian Bakery in San Francisco's North Beach (which distributes primarily to restaurants), The Bread Workshop, and Noe Valley ...
4. Red Barn. Founded in 1961 in Springfield, Ohio, Red Barn expanded throughout the ’60s and eventually grew to around 400 restaurants across 19 states.
The new pastry shop debuted last weekend and operates only three days a week. In its first few days of operation Fondry has sold out between 45 and 90 minutes after opening its doors.
Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham sounded as though Super Bowl 59 was his last game, but he wasn't ready to officially call it a career.
Old Allentown now is also the home of the United Way's Allentown Promise Neighborhood initiative, modeled on the work of Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone. The Allentown Promise Neighborhood takes a systems approach to improving the academic performance and the college and career readiness of the children in its nine block area.
Juan Manuel Sierra, 33, a.k.a. Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, was arrested last Thursday after 'attempting to start a fire' with a blowtorch in a West Hills neighborhood, authorities said.