Historical Identity
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is named for its founder, R.G. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», one of the world's greatest inventors of earthmoving equipment. A businessman and devout Christian, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» toured Longview, Texas, with his wife, Evelyn in 1946 to consider a manufacturing site for his next earthmoving equipment factory. While flying over a sprawling complex of a vacated Army hospital consisting of over 200 frame buildings, Mrs. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» inquired about the facility. When told it was no longer in use, she suggested establishing a school to educate returning World War II veterans.
