In 1948, Swiss engineer/amateur mountaineer George de Mestral went hiking in the woods with his dog. When they arrived back home, George found burrs stuck to his dog’s fur. This inspired him to create velcro.
Velcro, the "zipperless zipper" exist on a variety of products for children's shoes to laptop bags to blood pressure gauges to airplane flotation devices.
In 1948, a Swiss engineer and a amateur mountaineer George the Mestral went hiking in the woods with his dog. Upon arriving back at his home he took one of the burrs that clung to his clothes and he wondered if such an idea could be useful in commercial application.
To encourage railroad construction across the Great Plains, the federal government gave land grants to many railroad companies. The railroads then sold the land to settlers, real estate companies, and other businesses to raise money to build the railroad.
