Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
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The best parts of some stories are the links to seemingly unrelated stories that make perfect sense once you understand how the connections came about. That is the case with the tale of Ralph and Arnold Horween, brothers from Chicago born before the last century turned. Like many Americans then and now, they were the sons of immigrants. Their father, Isadore Horween, learned the tanning process in Ukraine before emigrating to America, arriving in Chicago in time for the 1893 World's Fair, and then working in Chicago tanneries until he opened his own in 1905.
Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and…
Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
The best parts of some stories are the links to seemingly unrelated stories that make perfect sense once you understand how the connections came about. That is the case with the tale of Ralph and Arnold Horween, brothers from Chicago born before the last century turned. Like many Americans then and now, they were the sons of immigrants. Their father, Isadore Horween, learned the tanning process in Ukraine before emigrating to America, arriving in Chicago in time for the 1893 World's Fair, and then working in Chicago tanneries until he opened his own in 1905.