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Texas Farm Bureau produces two member publications: Texas Agriculture for agricultural producers and Texas Neighbors for non-producing members. [9] News services also include a television program, “Voices of Agriculture,” on RFD-TV , and the “Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network,” which has more than 60 affiliate radio stations across Texas.
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation (ArFB) is a non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to agricultural advocacy. ArFB represents the interests of farmers and rural communities throughout the state of Arkansas through policy development, lobbying and other programs. The mission of Arkansas Farm Bureau: Provide products and services which ...
The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States. It was founded in 1876 by Fred Harvey to cater to the growing number of train passengers. When Harvey died in 1901, his family inherited 45 restaurants and 20 dining ...
George Jacob "G.J." Mecherle [1] (pronounced "Ma-herl") (June 7, 1877 - March 10, 1951) was the founder of State Farm, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois.Mecherle, a farmer who later became an insurance agent, founded State Farm after becoming dissatisfied with the insurance rates charged to farmers, as those rates included the risks of city drivers as well.
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more informally called the American Farm Bureau (AFB) or simply the Farm Bureau, is a United States –based 501 (c) (5) tax-exempt agricultural organization and lobbying group. [1] Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Farm Bureau has affiliates in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
The company traces its history to the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the Iowa chapter of the Farm Bureau established Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company in 1939 to sell insurance to farmers. [3] Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company was founded as Iowa Life Insurance Company on October 30, 1944, and opened for business in 1945. [citation needed]
A vaquero in San Antonio, Texas In 1850, the United States census counted approximately 80,000 Mexican treaty citizens living across California, Texas, and New Mexico. [ 56 ] New Mexico was the largest United States territory at the time, with around 61,547 inhabitants, about 95% of whom were former Mexican citizens. [ 57 ]
September 30, 2013. The W. F. & Estelle McWilliams House is a historic house at 314 Summit Avenue in El Dorado, Arkansas. The two story brick house was built in 1922 for William and Estelle McWilliams, early in El Dorado's oil boom, which was prompted by the discovery of oil in 1921. McWilliams was a prominent local businessman who operated a ...