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Dayton was historically also called West Liberty, Day's Town, Days Station, and Dayton Station. It was founded in 1831 as West Liberty, situated three miles west of the Trinity River, with Liberty on the east bank. It had a West Liberty post office from 1839–1841 and a Dayton post office, starting in 1877.
Liberty is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Liberty County.The population was 8,279 at the 2020 census. [3] It serves as the seat of Liberty County.. Liberty is the third oldest city in the state—established in 1831 on the banks of the Trinity River.
Bill Daniel was born into a wealthy and prominent Texas family, his older brother Price Daniel Sr. served as Governor of Texas (1957–1963), Texas Supreme Court Justice and a US Senator. Daniel made large donations to good causes especially to his alma mater Baylor University, several of the campus buildings are named after him, his late wife ...
The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business association advocacy group.It is the largest lobbying group in the United States. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging of President William Howard Taft and his Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel.
The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) is the largest chamber of commerce in the Houston area. The Partnership is an economic development organization for the Greater Houston area. The Partnership works to make Houston greater by promoting economic development, foreign trade and investment, and by advocating for efficient and effective ...
A swath of severe weather spawned multiple tornadoes in southeastern Texas Thursday, part of a multi-day severe weather threat sweeping across the South through the end of the week.
In 1918, Dayton, who donated most of his money to charity, founded the Dayton Foundation with $1 million. [2] By the 1920s, the Dayton Company was a multimillion-dollar business that had filled the entire six-story building. Dayton began transferring parts of the business to his son Nelson after an earlier 43-year-old son, David, died in 1923.
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