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
Should have the ability to go into the private sector when its in their best interest, when the care is better or specialized care is available thats not in the da. I think we all believe that should be available. Watch booktv at the weekend on cspan2. 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 week and we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up we will speak with local authors about the cities history and more. We will hear about the influence the Energy Industry has in the state of wyoming and then after that a visit to the ivinsons mansion to learn about the early days of the city. Hear how the sport of road you became a symbol of the american west. We began our special feature with the conversation about retail pioneer j. C. Penney. Like most people in wyoming at the turnofthecentury, he was a transplant pig is born raised in missouri by to think j. C. Penney was a co
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