Land speculation was riding high and it was no different for the Midland area.

" Midland " first shows up in writing on the Midland Townsite Plat of 1890, by the Olympic Land Company.

John Howard Griffin wrote a history of Midland, Land of the High Sky ( 1959 ).

A report from the Land Transport Safety Authority ( now the Land Transport Authority ) concludes the Midland line is " fit for purpose " but requires major upgrading to continue to meet safety standards.

* In 1994, Midland High School's boys basketball team advanced to the state semi-finals losing 86-51 to eventual state champion Sugar Land Willowridge.

Daimler AG is involved in a joint project with Archer Daniels Midland Company and Bayer CropScience to develop the semi-evergreen shrub jatropha curcas as a biofuel.

* Also during 1965 through 1968, Dr. Albert M. Kligman was contracted by the Dow Chemical Company to perform threshold tests for TCDD on inmates at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia after Dow studies revealed adverse effects on workers at Dow's Midland, Michigan plant were likely due to TCDD.

He won an Arts Council bursary to work as a director at the Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham and founded the Avon Touring Company, a Bristol-based community theatre company, with writer David Illingworth.

The Archer Daniels Midland Company paid a fine of US $ 100 million, and three of its executives were convicted and served prison time.

* New Zealand Midland Railway Company, a former railway company

* Midland Red, the fleet and trading name used by the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company ( BMMO )

In the summer of 1881 the Midland Railway Company moved its locomotive works from Kentish Town to the new “ Brent Sidings ”, and in October of the same year it was announced that new accommodation for its workers would be built, later the Cricklewood Railway Cottages.

On December 6, 1877, the Arkansas Midland Railway Company was formed.

Today the Lodi area is home to several large manufacturing, general services, and agricultural companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Blue Shield of California, Dart Container ( www. dartcontainer. com /), General Mills, Holz Rubber Company, Kubota Tractors, Lodi Iron Works, Miller Packing Company, Pacific Coast Producers, Tiger Lines, Valley Industries, and Woodbridge-Robert Mondavi.

Two Scotsmen, Alexander and Thomas Gimmel, organized the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company and opened a mine behind what later became Midland School.

It was originally owned by the Midland Mining Company, which was run by William Sommerville.

A large corn wet-milling facility operated by Archer Daniels Midland Company is located in Marshall.

Prominent businesses include Town and Country Bank Midwest ( formerly Bank of La Belle ), Davis Hardware, Casey's General Stores, MFA Incorporated, Archer Daniels Midland, the Coder Funeral Chapel, La Belle foods, Haldeman's Seed Company, Lumley Feed, MFA Oil, and Kruger-Rife-Kincaid Florist.

In the same year the Midland Water Company commenced operation and supplied hydrants for " newly-formed " volunteer fire companies.

Created around 1889 by the Tennessee Midland Railroad Company ( TMRC ), the city of Parsons was founded by Henry Myracle when he deeded 143234254 acre to the TMRC to get a town started on his land.

The Tennessee Midland Railway Company line from Memphis to Jackson was the forerunner of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway.

* G. Allen Andreas-Chairman of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, Carlyle European Advisory Board

An alternative was offered by the Midland Railway Company but it did not meet the requirements of the club.

The Dow Chemical Company was founded in Midland in 1897.

Also located at Heritage Park is the Herbert H. Dow Historical Museum, which explores the history and growth of the Dow Chemical Company founded in Midland by Herbert H. Dow.

In 1968, Consumers Power began construction of a nuclear power plant in Midland, primarily for the Dow Chemical Company.

The owners, by now the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS ), tried to give the canal to the Coventry Canal company in 1944, but they refused it unless there was money to fund the maintenance.

The MGWR Class D were a failed experiment in rebuilding tried and tested 2-4-0 steam locomotives as a 4-4-0 class for main line duties on the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland.

To the north of Smethwick High Street on Brasshouse Lane is The Hawthorns again on the " Jewellery Line " and also on the Midland Metro, this station is located next to the West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

As part of the scheme, four services a day would operate between Sheffield and London King ’ s Cross, meaning Sheffield would be connected to the capital by both the Midland Main Line and the East Coast Main Line routes once again.

Major auto trails followed, included the Lincoln Highway in Nevada, the Midland Trail in parts of Utah and Colorado and again in Missouri, Illinois, and part of Indiana, and the National Old Trails Road ( Old Santa Fe Trail ) in eastern Colorado and Kansas.

The 1901 – 02 season saw promotion to the first division ; two seasons later they were relegated and within a decade they would be a non-league side again, failing re-election in 1910 and falling to the Midland League.

In 1928 – 29, Mansfield won the Midland League again, but more famously reached the Fourth Round Proper of the FA Cup, losing 2 – 0 to First Division Arsenal, after a cup run which saw them beat Second Division Wolverhampton Wanderers.

At underage level, Stephen Hickey won the 2005 Mullingar Junior Snooker Championship and also the 2005 and 2006 Westmeath Junior Snooker Championships. When the junior got up and running again in 2011 Ed Kearney cleaned up wining the Westmeath and the Midland Junior opens but for the close tournament Stephen von Beaumont took the Mullingar close and Matty Charles took the Grand Prix.

He left the Railroad Commission in 1990, once again to seek the GOP nomination for governor but was heavily defeated in the primary by another West Texan, controversial Midland businessman Clayton Williams.

After the 1971 season the team packed up again and moved to Midland, Texas, where they continue as the Midland RockHounds.

When Canham came to bat the following inning, Midland pitcher Carlos Hernandez threw a pitch that came close to Canham ’ s head, clearing the benches again and nearly provoking a fight between the teams.

Shortly after passing beneath U. S. Highway 46 the track becomes the border of Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, once again crossing Midland Avenue.

The name was changed again in the 1960s to Marine Midland Trust Company of Western NewYork and again in 1970 to Marine Midland Bank-Western.

They were runners-up in 1984-85 and again in 1990-91, after which they stepped up to the Southern League, where they were Midland division champions at the first attempt.

In addition to CSX, portions of the former WM are now operated by Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad ( of note is the D & GV-operated West Virginia Central Railroad, which as of 2007 once again serves the former Elkins Yard, and the restored station there, that was abandoned by CSX in 1992 ), the Maryland Midland Railway ( MMID ), Western Maryland Scenic Railroad and York Railway.

It was opened by the B & GR on 24 June 1840 ; was renamed Cheltenham Spa ( Lansdown ) on 1 February 1925 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and again renamed Cheltenham Spa by British Railways at some point after 1 January 1948.

This link was finally re-opened to passengers again in April 2011, allowing heritage services from Wirksworth to connect with the Midland Main Line.

* West Midland PTE's standard bus body in the 1970s on both the Daimler / Leyland Fleetline ( again built in partnership with Park Royal ) and the Bristol VR.

Between 1938 and 1942, the NYS & W, newly independent from Erie control, and the O & W developed a very close relationship, reminiscent of the " Midland Route " of an earlier era, and for a short period routed heavy coal traffic from the O & W to the NYS & W via the M & U, once again serving as the link between the two.

Hinckley Athletic subsequently competed in the Birmingham Combination again, the Southern League and West Midlands League before becoming founder members of the Midland Alliance.

In 1955 they left the league again to join the Central Alliance, before joining the Midland League.