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George Jacob "G.J." Mecherle [1] (pronounced "Ma-herl") (June 7, 1877 - March 10, 1951) was the founder of State Farm, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois.Mecherle, a farmer who later became an insurance agent, founded State Farm after becoming dissatisfied with the insurance rates charged to farmers, as those rates included the risks of city drivers as well.
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa Disney's Port Orleans Resort - Riverside Disney's Old Key West Resort. The Disney Springs Resort Area includes ten resorts located around Disney Springs in the Walt Disney World Resort. Two of these are Disney Vacation Club resorts. Seven of these hotels are non-Disney owned.
The French Lick Springs Hotel, a part of the French Lick Resort complex, is a major resort hotel in Orange County, Indiana. The historic hotel in the national historic district at French Lick was initially known as a mineral spring health spa and for its trademarked Pluto Water .
Disney Springs is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando.. First opened in 1975 as Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, it has been expanded and rebranded over the years as Walt Disney World Village (1977), Disney Village Marketplace (1989), and Downtown Disney (1997), becoming Disney Springs in 2015.
The hotel joined Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on November 9, 2010, and became the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista. [4] The two low-rise wings of the hotel are operated as a budget hotel, the Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista Disney Springs Resort Area, which shares facilities with the main hotel.
The hotel opened on February 8, 1973, as Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, later the Howard Johnson at Walt Disney World Village. The hotel was expanded in 1978. [ 1 ] It was bought by Marriott Hotels in 1994 and became the Courtyard by Marriott at Walt Disney World Village on January 20, 1995.
The Walt Disney Archives is the corporate archive for The Walt Disney Company.Established in 1970 by Dave Smith, the Walt Disney Archives is the official repository for Disney's history—which includes everything from corporate files to photographs, movie props and costumes, consumer products, and assets from Disney's theme parks.
George J. Mecherle: Jun 7, 1877: Mar 10, 1951: Founder of State Farm Insurance Lived and died in Bloomington Marc W. Miller: 1947: Award-winning game designer Lives in Bloomington Verne Winchell: Oct 30, 1915: Nov 26, 2002: Founder of Winchell's Donuts Born in Bloomington