| Maps. What would we do without them?
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| | they did was print tickets and timetables
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| Imagine getting an invitation to your
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| | for the railroads so people would know
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| best friend's sister's girlfriend's
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| | when trains were departing. By 1870
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| cousin's wedding and you have no idea
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| | their business had expanded to the point
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| where 1313 Mockingbird Lane in East Nova
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| | where they were printing railroad guides
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| Scotia is.Out comes your handy Rand
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| | and even a newspaper.It wasn't until 1872
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| McNally pocket map to the rescue.Yes,
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| | though, that Rand McNally published their
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| Rand McNally is probably the most popular
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| | first map in the December issue of The
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| map maker in the United States today. If
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| | Railway Guide. This was actually the
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| there is a spot in the U.S. with a road
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| | catalyst that started what was to become
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| then Rand McNally has a map to show you
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| | one of the biggest businesses in the
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| just where that road is.So, when did Rand
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| | United States.After McNally died in 1905
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| McNally become the company that it has
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| | and Rand had sold his share in the
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| become today?Rand McNally started in 1856
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| | business years earlier, the business was
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| in Chicago. At the time, this city was
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| | passed on to McNally's son. It was his
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| the economic capital of the Midwest.
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| | son who saw the future of Rand McNally in
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| What happened here was a humble beginning
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| | map making. He realized this when he had
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| but it didn't stay that way. William
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| | taken a trip from Chicago to Milwaukee
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| Rand, originally from Boston, opened up a
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| | and had taken photos of everything he
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| print shop where just about every type of
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| | could along the way. This led to the
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| printing could be found. Shortly
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| | first modern travel guide, Chicago To
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| thereafter he was joined by a gentleman
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| | Milwaukee. The intention of this guide
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| by the name of Andrew McNally who was an
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| | was to show people how wonderful it would
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| Irish immigrant. Rand McNally, at the
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| | be to see these beautiful places and in
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| time, the sum of $9 a week to work for
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| | the process buy maps to get them there.
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| him. Together they set out to take care
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| | It was pure business genius.Well, to make
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| of the printing needs of the city of
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| | a long story short, 150 years later,
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| Chicago.Their big break came in 1859 when
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| | Rand-McNally has become the leading map
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| Rand was taken on by the Chicago Daily
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| | maker in the United States. The company
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| Press to manage its printing shop. They
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| | offers travel products ranging from
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| also took on McNally to be the shop
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| | traditional maps and atlases to computer
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| foreman. By 1868 Rand and McNally had
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| | navigation and truck driving management
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| done well enough that they were able to
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| | software.There is nobody in the United
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| buy the company's contacts and started
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| | States today who doesn't know the name
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| their own business which focused on the
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| | Rand McNally and doesn't have at least
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| expanding railway system. Part of what
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| | one Rand McNally map.
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