DON'T SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT The DAISY BB gun was first made by the Plymouth Iron Windmill Co of Plymouth, Michigan in 1886. It was given away as premium to farmers who bought a windmill. Soon, farmers started writing to them wanting to buy just the BB gun. By 1890, they had 25 employees making 50,000 guns a year. They stopped making windmills in 1895, changed the name to Daisy Manufacturing and made the air guns exclusively. The guns got the name Daisy after the inventor- Clarence Hamilton gave the general manager of the Plymouth windmill company, Lewis Cass Hough, a gun to try. After firing the gun he exclaimed, "Boy, that's a daisy!" It must have been a 1890's expression. Daisy made a deal in 1938 with Fred Harman, creator of the Red Ryder comic strip. In 1940, the Daisy Red Ryder BB gun went on sale and became the XBOX, Cabbage Patch Kid, Talking Elmo of Christmas 1940. It was depicted as the object of Ralphie's desire in the 1983 movie- "A Christmas Story" The BB guns remain popular and are now made by 100 employees at the plant now located in Rogers, Arkansas. FreeEnterpriseLand.com ONE OF A KIND! He made and lost three fortunes and loved every minute. FREE ENTERPRISE IS GREAT! Socialism Stinks FREDERIC BASTIAT EXPLAINS IT ALL Why free enterprise is great and why politicians are misguided. STEW LEONARD The Disneyland of Dairy Stores CATCH LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE He became rich after figuring out he could sell something he had been giving away and had invented to stop roughnecks in Alaska from throwing plates at him. GONE IN 60 SECONDS The time it takes him to sell out a whole year's work. SELL SOMETHING PEOPLE USE UP AND THROW AWAY GARY KILDALL Could he have been richer than Bill Gates? WORLD'S LARGEST DRIVE-IN They serve 15-30,000 hot dogs a day and more Coca-Cola than any one place in the world. WANNA BUY SOME BRINE SHRIMP? How to get rich selling something that no one would want. THE MIRACLE GREASE How a bucket of oil well sludge turned into a jar in everybody's medicine cabinet. THE GUSHER They laughed when he walked around town and called him "The millionaire", until his idea changed the world. Edison's Dirty Trick ROSE BLUMKIN: Warren Buffet's partner At over 100, Rose still whizzed around in her electric cart "like a cossack" selling furniture seven days a week at her store that Warren Buffet bought into. THE MONEY GO ROUND Take a ride on the music business money-go-round. RICHARD BRANSON A billionaire with no office, no computer THE MAD BLUEBIRD the photograph that changed an electrician's life forever. HENRY'S SON Henry Hershey was a walking disaster. Did Milton succeed despite or because of Henry. NICK TAHOU'S HOTS the home of the "Garbage Plate" DEAL OF THE CENTURY OR How to get paid $13 million a year to do nothing Owwwwwhhhh! Get Nekkid!!! Wolfman Jack and the gun battle in the Mexican Desert SCRABBLE The game you almost never heard of KING OF THE KNOCKOFFS A man who loves Academy Award Night more than anyone ROLLO the red nosed reindeer ROADSIGNS TO SUCCESS To Get/Away From/ Hairy Apes/Ladies Jump/From Fire Escapes/ BURMA SHAVE DON'T CALL HIM THE SOUP NAZI! A BRAND NAME GONE WRONG "I wonder why all of those people who aren't coughing want cough syrup?" Read this before going on "THE APPRENTICE" You'll Win!! MADAME C.J. WALKER Her hair fell out, so she created a business empire and became the first black woman to become a millionaire. MATTRESS MACK He started his business in an abandoned model home park. Now, he sells over $100 million a year. THE PERFECT FIT What is that thing called that measures you feet at the shoe store? The truth is revealed. METEORITE MAN The man that sells rocks from outerspace. Where Does Lost Airline Luggage Go? SAUSAGE KING What caused Jimmy Dean to start making sausage? LITTLE BOXES, LITTLE BOXES The Levitt Brothers, their dad and the story of Levittown. "BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE" Ron Popeil, the father of the infomercial, hair-in-a-can, RONCO, and inventor of countless handy dandy kitchen devices. ZAMBONI The story about the machines with the funny name that mesmerizes crowds during time outs. CHARLES ATLAS The man that prevented thousands of sand kicking incidents. COMMIE CAPITALISM Anyone can find success in free enterprise system, even if you're against it. copyright 2005