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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]
The Omeo and District Football League ( ODFL) is an Australian rules football League based on the Omeo Region of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The ODFL has existed in some form since 1893, and operates under the auspices of the Victorian Country Football League (VCFL). [1] The league is situated in an area with a small population ...
One Dollar For Life was founded in 2006 at Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California) during an economics class. The class was asked to devise a plan to help people around the world, and the idea of ODFL was born. “The average kid in our school contributed 93 cents each, but these kids put an average of $11 apiece into the box,” says ...
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The 6-foot-1, 300-pound defensive lineman made 16 tackles, including one sack, for an Old Dominion team that finished 6-7 last year. He'll join a Spartans squad that has seen about as much ...
Southeastern Freight Lines was founded in 1950 by William T. Cassels in Lexington, South Carolina. The company first had 14 trucks and 20 employees with a $5,000 loan. [4] In 1975 W. T. "Bill" Cassels, Jr. became President of Southeastern Freight.
R+L Carriers is a privately owned American freightshipping company based in Wilmington, Ohio, which grew over the course of 50 years from one truck to a fleet of 21,000 tractors and trailers. [1] The company serves all 48 contiguous American states plus Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic .
The company was founded as Livingston Merchant's Co-op in 1958 and incorporated as Averitt Express in 1969. [2] [3] Averitt is owned by Gary Sasser, who purchased the company from its original owner, Thurman Averitt, in October 1971 at the age of 20. At the time of Sasser's purchase, Averitt operated 3 trucks and 5 trailers. [citation needed]