Today in Johnson City History, Friday, July 17, 2026
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Sunday, July 17, 1763: Two hundred and sixty-three years ago today, John Jacob Astor was born. “Founder of what is considered the first American business monopoly – the American Fur Company (1808), Astor broke into the fur trade in 1786 by starting a fur-goods store in New York City. He made considerable transactions in Canada and the Great Lakes region…