In 1911, a group of area businessmen founded the school to provide a local option for secondary education at the highest standards.

However, while Canton was in fact losing money in 1905, a group of area businessmen shouldered the losses.

In 1922, the then-independent Pottsville Maroons attracted the sponsorship of several area businessmen.

The committee that was created to bring baseball back to Toledo was made up of area businessmen and civic leaders.

The airport, which opened in January 2007, was funded by Ron Henriksen, an area businessman and pilot.

Larrabee was one of the first area businessmen in the Pacific Northwest region to realize the possibilities of the salmon-fishing industry.

Washburn became a noted area businessman and later a U.S. Senator.

The field is named for Larry Mahaney, an area businessman and philanthropist.

In 1889 a group of prominent area businessmen and residents proposed the idea of creating a mountain park as a getaway point for people from the urban city.

(At the resulting trial, Cheff would testify that Maremont was not well regarded among local area businessmen.)