He steered him towards a career in retail and lined up an internship for j. C. Junior and he started understanding retail from those experiences. Thats where he cut his teeth. He had agricultural projects but his plan was to work his way up the store. Is father died from t. B. And j. C. Was at risk of that. His initial move was to come out west to denver of all places and started as a sales clerk in what was called a department store, one of the Main Department stores that has been taken over by dillards. He had the opportunity to use his savings and buy his own butcher shop north of denver. He wasnt happy in a big city and moved. And he had deep religious values that forbade him from drinking. His dad had a big influence. He didnt realize that his greatest clients were the local hotel and chef that was there but the chef expected a bolt of whiskey with every order of meat. J. C. Provided the bolt of whiskey and felt guilty and decided im not going to do it anymore and lost the busines
The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take booktv and American History tv on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to laramie, wyoming. In about ten minutes, hear about the influence that the Energy Industry has in the state of wyoming, and then after that, a visit to ivanson mansion to learn about the early days of the city. Then, in about 45 minutes, hear how the sport of rodeo became a symbol of the american west. We begin our special feature with a conversation about retail pioneer jcpenney. Like most people in wyoming at the turn of the century, he was a transplant. He was born and raised in missouri, but i think j. C. Penney was a country boy at heart. I think we see that in terms of the life that he lived. Even though he was in wyoming for roughly ten years and spent the balance of his life in new york city, he never lost that essence of who he really was as this country boy who liked small towns. And so when you lo
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Every thing about october 1st is big. The tense, the crowds live beers and every year from mid september, munich falls under its spell. But what do people actually know about the festival . Your own mex report or Hailey Robinson answers some of the most frequently asked questions. This is what you need to know about octoberfest shirts, the biggest beer festival in the world, and has been held here in munich, germany for over 200 years. But what makes it so special . Why is it in september and what you to definitely not do here help you to avoid some classic mistakes, but more on that later the heres some numbers to help you understand how big october best really in the festival ground spent a massive 34. 00 heck, theres for about 48. 00 football fields and around 6000000. 00 people visit each year. Those visitors drink 5600000 mugs of beer. 8177. 00 full austin. And last 420 smartphones. Chat with people around you in the beer. 10 and you could probably meet someone from every corner o