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... that the
Oregon Nursery Company
founded the town of
Orenco, Oregon
in 1908 to house its
Hungarian
immigrant workers?
... that the
hair salon
chain
First Choice Haircutters
helped launch the career of
soap opera
star
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
?
... that
Beecher's Handmade Cheese
is an
artisan cheese
maker in
Seattle
that is known for mixing combinations of
cheese cultures
?
... that the
North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company
was the defendant in the first environmental
lawsuit
in
US legal history
?
... that
Matsukata Kojiro
, president of
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
, implemented Japan's first eight-hour work day in 1919, after a
strike
by 30,000 workers threatened to bring down the government?
... that when the
Lackawanna Steel Co.
moved from
Scranton, Pennsylvania
, to New York in 1902, its relocation led to the founding of
Lackawanna, New York
?