Founded in 1880 on the Missouri River opposite Fort Pierre, Pierre has been the capital since South Dakota gained statehood on November 11, 1889, having been chosen for its location in the geographic center of the state.

Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the fifth oldest college athletic conference in the United States ( oldest in Division II ), surpassed only by the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Big Ten Conference, the Ohio Athletic Conference, and the Missouri Valley Conference.

Founded in 1847, it was named for B. Gratz Brown, who later became Governor of Missouri.

* This strange town — Liberal, Missouri: Founded by G. H.

Founded by French Canadian colonists, it was the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi River in present-day Missouri.

Founded in 1858 in LaGrange, Missouri, the campus moved downriver to Hannibal in 1928.

Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the United States and a National Historic Landmark.

Founded in 1839, the seminary initially resided in Perry County, Missouri.

Founded in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( MVIAA ), the only college conference that is older is the Big Ten.

Founded in 1955 in Pasadena, California, Covenant College and Theological Seminary moved its campus to St. Louis, Missouri the following year, and, in 1964, separated from the seminary, moving to Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

Founded in 1884, Booches is a restaurant and pool hall at 110 S. 9th Street in downtown Columbia, Missouri.

Founded in 1953 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the company ’ s name, STP, was derived from “ Scientifically Treated Petroleum ”.

Founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1869, the company is currently based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before being purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad ( MP, or MoPac ) and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ( L & N ).

Founded in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery ( BCDS ), it was chartered by an act of the Maryland General Assembly.

Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ( 1760 – 1820 ), Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

The Dartmouth describes itself as " America's Oldest College Newspaper, Founded 1799.

Founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902, it was later renamed to share the name of the city in the 1930s.

Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or " Oxy " as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.

Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, the university moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896 .< ref >

Founded in 1935, the College of Education has a long and distinguished history of preparing ethical and reflective professionals.

Founded in 1969, it traces its roots back to its two earlier predecessor organizations, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, founded in 1855 and 1860 respectively.

Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, Wabash is one of three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.

Founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850, the institution has, since its first days, been nonsectarian and coeducational, and throughout its existence Hiram College has sustained this egalitarian tradition of educating men and women from diverse backgrounds.

Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist John Gregg Fee ( 1816 – 1901 ), Berea College admitted both black and white students in a fully integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated, coeducational college in the South and one of a handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-19th century.

The first graduate school of business in the United States was the Tuck School of Business, part of Dartmouth College Founded in 1900, it was the first institution conferring advanced degrees ( masters ) in the commercial sciences, specifically, a Master of Science in Commerce degree, the forebearer of the modern MBA degree.

Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its President Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.

Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy.

Founded in 1836, the University at first comprised just two colleges: University College London, which previously had no official chartered status and did not apply religious tests to its students, and King's College, which had been chartered since 1829 and which admitted only members of the Church of England.

Founded as the Pennsylvania Female College on December 11, 1869, by Reverend William Trimble Beatty, Chatham was initially situated in the Berry mansion on Woodland Road off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Shadyside.

Founded in 1889 as the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Women, Georgia College and State University has since grown to become the state's premier public liberal arts university.

Founded in 1891, the university is composed of the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public Management, College of Education and Organizational Leadership, College of Law, and a Regional Campus Administration that oversees seven regional campuses.

Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, Bucknell traces its origination to a group of Baptists from White Deer Valley Baptist Church who deemed it " desirable that a Literary Institution should be established in Central Pennsylvania, embracing a High School for male pupils, another for females, a College and also a Theological Institution.

Founded in May 1996, the University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky.

Founded on May 10, 1866, during the Eleventh National Woman ’ s Rights Convention, the AERA met its first test in 1867.

Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company ( Founded 1917 ), Masland Carpets ( Founded 1866 ), and Frog Switch Manufacturing ( Founded 1876 by John Hays ).

Founded in 1852 and incorporated in May 1866, Lancaster was one of the first incorporated communities in Dallas County.

Founded in 1866, Monte Carlo has a name of Italian origin meaning " Mount Charles ", in honor of the then-reigning prince, Charles III of Monaco.

Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died.

Founded in 1896 as the South African School of Mines in Kimberley, it is the third oldest South African university in continuous operation, after the University of Cape Town ( founded in 1829 ), and Stellenbosch University ( founded in 1866 ).

* World Trampolining Association, Founded in 1866 following the founding of the Amateur Athletics Association in 1864

Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University has evolved into a 4-year degree granting institution consisting of 8 colleges with over 20, 000 students enrolled.

Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the AFL ( American Federation of Labor ).

Founded in 1866 it was originally the ' Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy ', but was renamed in 1934.

Founded by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in Cleveland, Ohio in 1866, the company operates through four segments: Paint Stores Group ( known as Sherwin-Williams Stores ), Consumer Group, Latin America Coatings Group, and Global Finishes Group.

Founded in 1866 by J. J. Vandergrift, in response to the economic activities of Standard Oil, as of September 2005, according to their site, they have about 80, 000 cars in their fleet.