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Isaac Newton Gresham |
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Point,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 57' 10.29425000004",
-95° 52' 31.89999"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(Feb. 20, 1858 - April 10, 1906) In 1902 Alabama native Isaac Newton Newt Gresham was a Rains County farmer and newspaper editor. Wishing to help local farmers organize to take advantage of farm prices, he called a meeting in a nearby barn that summer. With an initial membership of ten neighbors, the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America was founded. At first a secret organization, the idea soon spread throughout the south and west. The union eventually became a national organization. Gresham and his wife, Ida May, were the parents of four children. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Isaac Newton Gresham Historical Marker Location Map, Point, Texas
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