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Berkshire Hathaway (category 1839 establishments in Rhode Island) (section 1994: Missed opportunity to invest in Amazon.com)
textile manufacturing company established by Oliver Chace in 1839 in Valley Falls, Rhode Island. Chace, who was a carpenter, started working for Samuel Slater

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Connecticut (category 1788 establishments in the United States)
railroads starting in 1839. By 1840, 102 miles (164 km) of line were in operation, growing to 402 miles (647 km) in 1850 and 601 miles (967 km) in 1860. The New

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New York (state) (category 1788 establishments in the United States) (section Silicon Alley eastward throughout Long Island)
Manhattan Island; Staten Island; and Long Island, which contains Brooklyn and Queens at its western end. The state's borders include a water boundary in (clockwise

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Tennessee (category 1796 establishments in the United States)
segregation in public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, Oak Ridge High School in 1955 became the first school in Tennessee

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Native Americans in the United States (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template) (section Native American mascots in sports)
Americans in 1880 (including 33,000 in Alaska and 82,000 in Oklahoma, back then known as Indian Territory), around 274,000 in 1890 (including 25,500 in Alaska

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