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Farmer Jack was a supermarket chain based in Detroit from 1924 until 2007. It's iconic radio commercials, heard on stations such as CKLW, announced the store's weekly deals as "Farmer Jack savings time." Popular throughout the second half of the 20th century, the chain...

Sealtest was a regional dairy producer serving the Northeast and Midwest for over 50 years and was noted for it's tasty ice cream. It was acquired by Kraft in 1993.

The Louisville Colonels were a minor league baseball that played from 1901 to 1962 in the American Association and 1968 to 1972 in the International League.

Venture was a chain of discount department stores headquartered in St. Louis in 1968. It was founded by former executives from Target and May Company and at its height had nearly 50 locations in the Midwest. The chain went out of business in 1998.

Founded in 1967 in Columbus, Gold Circle??was a discount department store chain??that grew to 76 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Western New York State. The chain was dissolved in 1988.

Bill Knapp's was an American family restaurant chain founded by Clinton B. Knapp in 1948 in Batttlecreek, MI. At its peak it had 60 locations in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and Illinois. The last location closed in 2002.

The Denver Spurs were a bit of an oddity in the World Hockey Association (WHA), which debuted in 1972. The Spurs actually began four years earlier as members of the Western Hockey League. When that league folded in 1974, the Spurs joined the Central...

With it's popular flagship store on State St. in the Loop, Marshall Field's was a landmark, destination, and a Chicagoland institution. In 2005, the chain was acquired by Macy's with all stores rebranded with the new owner's name.????

Noah's Ark was a restaurant on the banks of the Missouri River in St. Charles, Missouri.??Opening in the late ???60s, this restaurant became a hot spot almost overnight. Most patrons have fond memories of their famous clam chowder.

First appearing in 1926, Reddy Kilowatt??is a cartoon character that served as a mascot for??various??electric utilities across the United States, and a few other??countries for over,70 years.

Hilldale Club was a Negro league baseball team based in the Philadelphia suburb of Darby. They played in three different leagues as well as independently and won three league titles as well a step 1925 Negro League World Series. *Produce is officially licensed by...

They'll be buzzin' around the bases and the ball park this spring! Cicadas are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17...

Minnesota had a team in the inaugural season of the American Basketball Association?? in 1967, called the Muskies. After one season in the Twin Cities, they moved to Miami to become the Floridians. A few months later, the league champion Pittsburgh Pipers moved to...

Based in Cleveland, Millbrook Bread was sold throughout the Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, it's parent brand opted to go with another name nationwide in an apparent attempt to have a more consistent feel in product offerings.

Before the Cincinnati??Swords,??Stingers, Cyclones, and??Mighty Ducks, Cincinnati had the Mohawks. They were a member of the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1949 to 1952, before moving to the International Hockey League (IHL), where they won 5 straight championships. Their home ice was the??Cincinnati Gardens.

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M105 was born when WKYC-FM was sold to Nick Mileti and??Jim and Tom Embrescia in 1972. The call letters were changed to WWWM, the station was branded M105, and the format, at first, was syndicated beautiful music.In 1975, the format was flipped to AOR....

The Tea Men played in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. They played one season in the NASL's indoor league (1979-80). Failing to resolve nagging stadium issues, the team moved to Jacksonville in the fall of 1980.

The Portland Pirates were members of the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1993 to 2016. The team started in Erie, PA as the Blades, members of North American Hockey League and later the Northeastern Hockey League. In 1981 they joined the AHL, then moved...

The Fog began as the Detroit Lightning, an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1979-80 season. They moved to Northern California in the summer of 1980. In 1981, the team moved again, this time to Kansas City, where they...

This short-lived chain of restaurants appeared in 1966 and hoped to get an extra boost in popularity by attaching the name of country music legend Minnie Pearl to the effort. After a great start, the whole thing came unraveled when it was revealed the...

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

The Houston Mavericks first tipped off in fall 1967 as charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team spent to years in Texas before moving to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars. In 1974, the team moved again and became the...

The Birmingham Americans were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. They won that league's championship, World Bowl I, and as it turned out, only. Immediately after the game, a 22-21 win over the Florida Blazers, the team's uniforms were confiscated by...

The original Flying Saucer restaurant operated in the 1960s at 27th Avenue and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Open 24 hours a day, it featured??an all-day breakfast service and three-hour lunch service. Dinner was served until 11:00 p.m. In between, customers could purchase sandwiches,...

KCKN began broadcasting in 1925 (as WLBF) and was one of the oldest commercial radio stations in the United States. Heard on 1340 AM an FM signal at 94.1 was added in 1963. After several ownership changes, it is today known as KDTD.

A mall staple in the 1970s and 1980s, Chess King was founded in 1968 in Boston. At its peak it had over 500 stores. However, it was so closely identified with those two decades, soon into the 1990s it was no longer considered hip.

Not a bar or restaurant like the Kon Tiki locations in other cities, this one was a movie theater complex in the Dayton suburb of Trotwood. It opened on Aug. 23, 1968 with a showing of The Odd Couple. The theater was owned by...

The Bears were a minor league baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey from 1917 until 1949. They played in the International League and won the title in 1940.

P.O.C. stood for "Pilsner of Cleveland" not "Pride of Cleveland" as some mistakenly believe today. Pilsner Brewing Company, located at Clark Avenue and West 65th Street, made P.O.C. Bohemian brewer Wenzel Medlin founded the company in 1892. It was bought by Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Brewing...