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1833 map of Coahuila and Texas; Austin's Colony is the large pink area in the southeast. The colony encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south, to near present-day Jones Creek in Brazoria County , Brenham in Washington County , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County .
The Colony voted to become an incorporated city in January 1977 [17] [18] and became a Home Rule City in 1979. [19] Residents of The Colony participated in two polls to select a name for the new city. Both polls chose the name "The Colony" and the name was ratified by the City Council in May 1977. [20]
In Au Texas, Considerant described a colonization company that would supervise the initial stages of settlement, and which would serve as a center from which different social experiments could be tried. Considerant was dubious that a Fourierist colony could succeed immediately under frontier conditions and in a foreign country. [8] [9]
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Gail Borden Jr. (November 9, 1801 – January 11, 1874) was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829 (then part of Mexico), where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur.
The North Texas Food Bank was established in 1982 by Liz Minyard (prior owner of the Minyard's Food Stores chain), Kathryn Hall, Jo Curtis and Lorraine Griffin Kircher. . Their goal was to address the critical issue of hunger in North Texas by securing donations of surplus unmarketable, but wholesome, foods and grocery products for distribution through a network of charitable organizations in ...
Feeding America is a United States–based non-profit organization that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies. [3] Forbes ranks it as the largest U.S. charity by revenue. [4]
The warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank. With thousands of food banks operating around the world, there are many different models. [3]A major distinction between food banks is whether or not they operate on the "front line" model, giving out food directly to the hungry, or whether they operate with the "warehouse" model, supplying food to intermediaries like food pantries, soup kitchens ...