Double U Company Records, 1854-1982 and undated
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Postum Company
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Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals, was founded by C. W. Post. It began in 1895 with the first Postum, a "cereal beverage", developed by Post in Battle Creek, Michigan. The first cereal, Grape-Nuts, was developed in 1897. From the guide to the Postum Company records, 1895-1931, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Battle Creek, Michigan based company founded by C. W. Post (now part of General Foods Corporation). From the description of Postum C...
Postex Mill (Post, Tex.)
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Algerita Hotel (Post, Tex.)
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Post, C. W. (Charles William), 1854-1914
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Double U Company
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The Double U Company was a land colonization company charted in 1907 by breakfast food magnate Charles William Post (1854-1914) of Battle Creek, Michigan. From 1906 to 1907, Post purchased over 200,000 acres of land in Garza, Lynn and Hockley counties of Texas, which included the Curry Comb Ranch, the OS Ranch, the Fountain G. Oxsheer Ranch, and a portion of John B. Slaughter's U Lazy S Ranch. Originally named Post City, the town of Post in Garza County began as a tent city in 1906, and by 1916,...
Garza Land and Cattle Company (Garza County, Tex.)
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