Washington attempted to run the ranch for profit, eventually negotiating with the state to turn it into a state park. When neither of these options panned out, he donated the land to Young Life, a Christian youth organization. Young Life continues to hold annual summer camps on the property....
Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl’s first grocery store (and later, department stores) was founded in 1927, though it was 65 years until the company went public in 1992, long after the Kohl family left the company. Operating department stores in every U.S. state except Hawaii, Kohl’s beganac...