American Roots
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Delivering Food to Doorsteps
Rich Olenius, 63, climbs into in his delivery truck after carefully reviewing his daily customer list and inventory at The Schwan Food Co.'s depot in Richland, Wash. (pop. 38,708).
first appeared: 2/17/2008
Assembling the World
When Luther Replogle quit his job during the Great Depression to make and sell globes, critics thought he'd mapped out a surefire route to failure.
first appeared: 2/10/2008
Keeping a Corny Tradition
When brothers Carl and Neil Fletcher invented the batter-dipped, deep-fried hot dog in their Dallas kitchen and sold it for the first time in 1942 at the State Fair of Texas, they couldn’t have imagined its enduring popularity.
first appeared: 9/16/2007
Producing Fun and Games for Generations
Today, the mighty Hasbro, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Pawtucket, R.I. (pop. 72,958), has annual net revenues in the billions of dollars but continues its original mission: to help Americans have fun.
first appeared: 11/26/2006
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