Toll office:Toll offices are the switching centers, also known as end offices, located within the same local area. Toll connecting trunk:These are the lines that connect end offices with toll offices. Intermediate switching offices:These are interconnected non-hierarchical switching offices that connec...
Mayer moved from Bavaria to America. Starting as a butcher's boy, he eventually landed a job in a Detroit meatpacking plant.Ten years later, he started his first butcher shop in Chicago and made $59 on the first day - the equivalent of $1,800 today....
Move aside maple syrup, because a Vermont brewer could change the state's foremost food product to beer. Though The Alchemist founder Jon Kimmich made this award-winning New England IPA, Vinepairdetails how he also opened the gates to gluten-free beerwith Celia Saison. Virginia: Double Orange...
The familiar Quaker Oats mascot was trademarked in 1877, and according to the company, the image was selected because Quakers conveyed principles of integrity, honesty, and purity. The brand’s round packaging first debuted in 1915, and Quaker Quick Oats followed in 1922, marking one of the ...
With more than 2,200 stores in Canada and the United States, Lowe’s did more than $72 billion in sales last year. It started as a hardware store in North Carolina in 1921, selling an array of goods including sewing supplies, horse tack, and groceries. The company began to focus on ...
The hot dog stand, built next to the Bedell House Annex, circa 1877, has stood at the edge of Ferry Village on the Niagara River for decades. The Bedell House burned in 1988. The Village Hot Dog Stand will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 11:30a.m. to 6:30 p.m. all summer...
It opened in 1883. This is one of four toll-free bridges connecting Manhattan to Long Island (can you name the other three?), and I still think it’s one of the world’s most beautiful bridges: 1947 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. ...
No campfire is complete without s'mores. That delicious combination of warm, gooey marshmallows that have been roasted over an open fire and chocolate that's beginning to melt from the heat of the marshmallows sandwiched between two crisp graham crackers is one of the finest flavor combinations ...
The familiar Quaker Oats mascot was trademarked in 1877, and according to the company, the image was selected because Quakers conveyed principles of integrity, honesty, and purity. The brand’s round packaging first debuted in 1915, and Quaker Quick Oats followed in 1922, marking one of the ...
1788-1877, operated between 1855 and 1908. The site be- side the Irondequoit Creek in Perinton was chosen because it had a fine stand of willows for producing charcoal and a railway siding to bring saltpeter-raw materials for the blasting powder. The buildings, widely separated to keep any ...