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  2. John Deere - Wikipedia

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    Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, United States, on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois, in 1836, [ 5 ] to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378-square-foot (128 m 2) shop in Grand Detour in 1837, which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the ...

  3. AGCO - Wikipedia

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    Hesston 5670 round baler, in 2010. AGCO was established on June 20, 1990, when Robert J. Ratliff, John M. Shumejda, Edward R. Swingle, and James M. Seaver, who were executives at Deutz-Allis, bought out Deutz-Allis North American operations from the parent corporation Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD), a German company which owned the Deutz-Fahr brand of agriculture equipment.

  4. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    e. The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia. The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was established in the late 16th century, mostly centered on Catholic missions.

  5. Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    map of area. Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, located 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Macon, Georgia, United States, was established in 1989 to protect, maintain and enhance the forested wetland ecosystem of the Ocmulgee River floodplain. It opened to the public in 2000 and consists of 8,600 acres (3,500 hectares) situated along the fall ...

  6. John Deere World Headquarters - Wikipedia

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    The John Deere World Headquarters is a complex of four buildings located on 1,400 acres (570 ha) of land [1] at One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois, United States. [2] The complex serves as corporate headquarters for agricultural heavy equipment company John Deere .

  7. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This came to a head in 1860 and 1861, when the governments of the southern states proclaimed their secession from the country and formed the Confederate States of America. The American Civil War led to the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865 and the eventual readmission of the states to the United States Congress.

  8. John Deere (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    John Deere was born on February 7, 1804, in Rutland, Vermont, [4] the third son of William Rinold Deere, [5] a merchant tailor, and Sarah Yeats. [6] After a brief educational period at Middlebury College, at age 17 in 1821, he began an apprenticeship with Captain Benjamin Lawrence, a successful Middlebury blacksmith, and entered the trade for himself in 1826.

  9. Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia covers an area of 69,700 square kilometres (26,900 sq mi). [ 13 ] It has a population of 3.7 million, [ b ][ 14 ] of which over a third live in the capital and largest city, Tbilisi. Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation.