On This Date in Minnesota History: December 7
December 7, 1863 – “Richard W. Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota [on this date]. His
mail-order idea developed the A. C. Roebuck Company housed on the seventh floor
of the Globe Building in Minneapolis. Renamed Sears, Roebuck and Co., it was
headquartered later in Chicago.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf
Richard W. Sears
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