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Walgreens began in 1901, when Charles Rudolph Walgreen purchased a small food front store on the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues in Chicago, where he had worked as a pharmacist. [6] His energy and enthusiasm soon led to new ideas and ambitious expansion. For example, he manufactured his own line of drug products to ensure high quality ...
East of Coppell, the highway functions as the frontage road for the Sam Rayburn Tollway, a toll road that runs northeast to McKinney. From McKinney to Melissa, the state highway is concurrent with US 75 and the North Central Expressway. Northeast of Melissa, SH 121 is a less-traveled roadway often referred to as the Sam Rayburn Highway.
The tollway was extended to Custer Road on September 1, 2009, and again to Hardin Boulevard in McKinney on October 1, 2009. The tollway (formerly named 121 Tollway) was renamed in honor of Sam Rayburn at a North Texas Tollway Authority meeting on March 16, 2009.
On August 30, 2001, the section south of County Road 123/164 (Bloomdale Road) was given to the city of McKinney. FM 1461 is known as Frontier Pkwy in Celina/Prosper, Laud Howell Pkwy in McKinney for west/east, and Lake Forest Dr in McKinney for north/south. The entire route is in Collin County.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas.It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69.
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John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense.
A regional airport was established in McKinney in 1979. [5] Initially opened with a 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runway, its length was extended to 5,800 feet (1,800 m) in 1984. [6] In 2011, McKinney National Airport added a new 78-foot (24 m) tall contract FAA air traffic control tower equipped with the latest in radar, radio and voice switch ...