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	Harvey Firestone Biography
		Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 - February 7, 1938) was one of a handful of entrepreneurs who in the early 20th century made the U.S. the world's industrial giant.
		Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 km² (1 million acres).
		Firestone, Ford and Thomas Edison were generally considered the three leaders in American industry at the time, and often worked and vacationed together.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Firestone_Harvey.html (168 words)

	Harvey Firestone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harvey Samuel Firestone' (December 20, 1868 - February 7, 1938) was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century.
		Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres).
		Firestone, Ford and Thomas Edison were generally considered the three leaders in American industry at the time, and often worked and vacationed together.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvey_Firestone (326 words)

	Harvey Firestone - MSN Encarta
		Harvey Samuel Firestone was born in Columbiana County, Ohio.
		At the age of 27, he became president of the Firestone Rubber Company in Chicago, with which he remained associated for four years.
		At the instigation of Firestone the rubber-growing potential of the Philippines and of South America was assessed, and much American capital was invested to develop the rubber industry in those countries.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761567435 (179 words)

	Harvey Firestone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 - February 7, 1938) was one of a handful of entrepreneurs who in the early 20th century made the U.S. the world's industrial giant.
		Born in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, Firestone worked for a buggy company before starting his own company in 1890, making rubber tires for carriages.
		Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 kmandsup2 (1 million acres).
	www.lagunahills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Harvey_Firestone (238 words)

	Harvey Firestone - South Africa
		Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century.
		Firestone was born in his family's farm house on December 20th 1868 in the; small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the; second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger.
		Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres).
	harvey-firestone.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Harvey_Firestone (707 words)

	Harvey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Harvey (statistician) (born 1928), D. Harvey, statistician and treasurer of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
		Harvey armour, a type of naval armour developed in the late 19th century
		Harvey, the name given by John Crichton to the neural clone of Scorpius implanted in his brain in the TV show Farscape, a reference to the 1950 movie above
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvey (444 words)

	Harvey Samuel Firestone Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Harvey Firestone was born at Columbiana, Ohio, on Dec. 20, 1868, the son of a prosperous farmer.
		Firestone became one of the "big five" in rubber: the others were Goodyear, Goodrich, United States Rubber, and Fisk.
		The size of Firestone's Liberian rubber plantations made him an important factor in the economic life of that country.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/harvey-samuel-firestone (406 words)

	Harvey Firestone
		Firestone continued to grow under the creative energy and dynamic leadership of Harvey Firestone.
		In 1967, Harvey S. Firestone was named one of the top ten “greatest businessmen in American history” by a panel of 423 business executives in a survey conducted by the University of Michigan.
		Firestone’s memory his sons, in 1985, completed the relocation of his boyhood home and farm buildings from Ohio to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, where more than one million visitors annually visit the workings of a 19th century farm at “Firestone Farmstead”.
	www.academyofachievement.org /honorees/harvey_firestone.htm (484 words)

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		Firestone placed the responsibility for his company's fortunes on himself and his managers, rather than on the labor force.
		Firestone's ability to sell himself to bankers helped the company survive tough economic conditions, such as the plunge in worldwide rubber prices in 1919, due to the British rubber cartels.
		Firestone put his money where his mouth was by keeping nearly all of his capital in company stock.
	www.neiu.edu /~hchen/4032004/harveyfirestone.doc (1205 words)

	Harvey Firestone: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The firestone tire and rubber company was founded by harvey firestone in the late 19th century to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of...
		Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harvey_firestone.htm (514 words)

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		Firestone did not need a port to export the rubber from Liberia but merely proposed it to get the approval and support of the US State department which was particularly interested in a port on the West African coast as a station for naval use.
		Thus, Firestone acquired virtually unlimited rights over an area equal to 4 per cent of the country’s territory and nearly 10 per cent of what was considered the arable land in the country.
		Prior to Firestone’s arrival in Liberia the employment in the monetary sector of the economy was practically limited to the civil service and a small number of trading companies.
	www.liberiapastandpresent.org /1926FirestoneCA.htm (1617 words)

	Firestone, Harvey Samuel - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Firestone, Harvey Samuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		He pioneered the principle of the detachable rim and, from 1906, was the major supplier of tires to the Ford Motor Co.
		Born in Columbiana, Ohio, Firestone was educated at local schools.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Firestone,+Harvey+Samuel (153 words)

	TLC Africa Internet Magazine
		To put it bluntly, the Firestone deal was nothing other then daylight robbery, by Harvey Firestone and Charles D. King, of approximately 4% of the entire landmass of the country of Liberia.
		The deal gave Firestone one million acres of Liberia's rich tropical forest for 99 years, at the annual rate of six cents that is $0.06 per acre a year, for 99 years.
		We will argue this valid and legal point, that the extension granted today February 22, 2005, to Firestone on the Firestone Rubber Plantation in Liberia is not legal, it was signed by a transitional government, which does not have the authority to sign leases on government owned anything, in the Republic of Liberia.
	www.tlcafrica.com /firestone.htm (879 words)

	Firestone Vineyard \| Firestone Story \| History
		Firestone Vineyard belongs to an entrepreneurial and adventurous family tradition that dates back more than a century to legendary tire innovator Harvey Firestone.
		Harvey Firestone’s love of the land would later become a multigenerational hallmark of the Firestone family.
		Today, Firestone Vineyard advances its record of acclaim under the guidance of third-generation winegrowers Adam Firestone and Andrew Firestone, while Santa Barbara County now boasts more than 75 wineries and a world-class reputation for winemaking excellence.
	www.firestonewine.com /fs_history.html (332 words)

	FIRESTONE - Thank you Harvey Firestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It's been more than 100 years since Harvey Firestone felt it was time to hang up his tyres so to speak, but his legacy lives on — a story that began in 1900 with the creation of his company, and which would eventually revolutionise the performance of passenger car tyres.
		Firestone was undoubtedly an inspirational pioneer whose life work was punctuated with many firsts.
		Well it doesn't end there, a string of milestones dot the triumphant road of Firestone including the reform of farms in the 30s with the pneumatic tractor tyre leading up to recent developments involving more fuel efficient tyres.
	www.firestone.ch /articles.asp?ID=574&menuID=123&myID=123&siteID=2 (185 words)

	The Firestone Agricultural Tire Division: A Tradition of Excellence
		Harvey S. Firestone, the man who first envisioned the farm tire, inspired the ideals on which the Firestone Agricultural Tire Division stands -- Innovation, Performance and Service.
		The ideals established by Harvey are embedded in the foundation of the Firestone Agricultural Tire Division.
		Harvey set a standard of excellence through his painstaking dedication to developing the first farm tire - a standard that the Firestone Agricultural Tire Division maintains today.
	www.firestoneag.ca /en/about/aboutus.cfm?content=7 (219 words)

	Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. \| 20th Century American Leaders Database
		Firestone inaugurated the company's Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company's auto supply and service stores.
		Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and produced millions of tires for military vehicles and planes.
		Firestone was also an early advocate for the creation of the synthetic rubber industry.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/271 (56 words)

	Firestone Country Club
		The history of Firestone stretches back over a half century to August 10, 1929 when Harvey Firestone drove the first ball down the fairway to open the new South Course designed by the late Bert Way.
		Firestone was chosen as the site of the1960 PGA Championship and during that memorable championship, Arnold Palmer triple-bogeyed the 625-yard, par five 16th hole, calling it a “Monster”.
		In 1973, Firestone Country Club was the only course in the world on which three televised golf events- The American Golf Classic, The World Series of Golf and The CBS Golf Classic- were conducted in one calendar year.
	www.firestonecountryclub.com /about/history.htm (436 words)

	Firestone Walker: barrel fermented ales \| Firestone Union \| History
		In 1995, after brewery proprietors Adam Firestone and his brother-in-law David Walker first miscalculated by brewing their initial batch in used wine barrels, they responded by innovating a patented oak barrel brewing system called the Firestone Union—incorporating new American oak barrels while improving upon a classic British brewing tradition.
		Firestone Walker Fine Ales is today regarded as one of the nation's finest craft brewers.
		Adam Firestone thought of the unique solution after the crop for the 1995 vintage in California’s South Central coast was 50 to 80 percent smaller than expected.
	www.firestonewalker.com /sections/firestoneunion/history.html (438 words)

	Stop Firestone
		The second granted Firestone a lease of one million acres (equal to 4 percent of the country’s territory and nearly 10 percent of the arable land).
		Firestone’s proposal aroused widespread and high-level protests inside the country: The secretary of the treasury denied the need for a new loan in his Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 1925, while the attorney general of Liberia judged some articles in the Loan Agreement to be unconstitutional.
		It is time for Firestone to forge a new relationship with its workers (by allowing representation by a democratically elected union) and with the people of Liberia (by negotiating a new concession agreement with the duly elected government).
	www.stopfirestone.org /history.shtml (1721 words)

	E-center for business ethics
		Firestone was acquired by Bridgestone USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation, in 1990 for $2.6 billion.
		In 1978, Firestone recalled 14.5 million tires—the largest tire recall at the time—after excess application of the adhesives binding the rubber and steel resulted in 500 tread separations and blowouts.
		Firestone, a unit of Bridgestone of Japan, is not participating in the 2002 tire-replacement program.
	www.e-businessethics.com /firestone.htm (1829 words)

	Firestone car & van tyres sporty reliable technology construction range
		Harvey Firestone was the man who vowed to put America's farmers on rubber tyres - and he did.
		His marketing ploy was a success and today Firestone is still the largest player in the US agricultural tyre market.
		And although Firestone is owned by Bridgestone and is its second brand, it rules the roost in the agricultural field.
	www.etyres.co.uk /firestone (244 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		When Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford first met in 1895, they were both relatively unknown.
		Firestone, a salesman for the Columbus Buggy Company in Detroit, was determined to design a tire that would be more comfortable to drive on.
		Firestone quickly realized the potential for this type of tire, and in 1906 contacted Henry Ford about supplying pneumatic tires for his automobiles.
	www.firestone100.com /news/011000_3.html (514 words)

	Harvey Firestone \| The Huffington Post
		Harbel is itself a Firestone creation, named for founder Harvey Firestone and his wife, Idabelle, after the company signed a 99-year lease in 1926 for one million acres of coastal lowlands,...
		Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century.
		Still, when tire magnate Harvey Firestone was lured south by Miami Beach founder Carl Fisher, he fell in love with the 15-room oceanfront mansion and bought it for $250,000,...
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Harvey+Firestone (341 words)

	H e a r t l a n d S c i e n c e - - The Ohio Academy of Science -
		Harvey S. Firestone (1868-1938) was a native of Columbiana, Ohio.
		Harvey Firestone died in 1938, but his company continued to thrive and expanded to become a global entity.
		The camping trip was one of many that automobile manufacturer Henry Ford, Firestone, and inventor Thomas Edison took between 1916 and 1924.
	www.heartlandscience.org /manuf/firestone.htm (274 words)

	Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Firestone tires made their first official racing appearance in 1909 when company founder Harvey Firestone put a set on a car driven by Barney Oldfield in the Indianapolis 300.
		Firestone is the only tire brand to have appeared in every Indy Racing League contest (71 as of the Sept. 2002 event at Texas Motor Speedway), and has provided tires to six IRL champions.
		Still, Firestone engineers were able to create innovations that would find their way from the track to the street.
	www.bridgestonetire.com /racing/fsracing.asp (2993 words)

	Henry Ford meets Harvey Firestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The moment Henry Ford walked into the Columbus Buggy Works and asked for Harvey Firestone, the course of the 20th century changed.
		Henry Ford remembered it well: "The first time I met Harvey Firestone, he was an agent for the Columbus Buggy Works in Detroit.
		Firestone told me he had just received some new tires that were a great deal softer on a buggy in the rear.
	www.firestone100.com /history/first_pop1.html (128 words)

	Harvey Samuel Firestone - Encyclopedia.com
		Firestone, Harvey Samuel 1868-1938, American industrialist, manufacturer of rubber products, b.
		The son of a prosperous farmer, Harvey Firestone began to manufacture rubber tires in 1896.
		He organized (1900) the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and rapidly became a leader of the rubber industry, with various properties over the world.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Fireston.html (369 words)

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