Brown Derby (company)
The Brown Derby is a chain of liquor stores located in and around Springfield, Missouri. The first Brown Derby was opened in Springfield in 1937 by John A. Morris. The Brown Derby is famous for being the first retail location for fishing lures and other fishing accessories sold by John L. Morris, the son of the Brown Derby's founder, and the future propriertor of the Springfield, MO based Bass Pro Shop. John L. Morris began selling fishing and other outdoor products from an 8-foot (2.4 m) by 8-foot (2.4 m) section of his father's store and eventually incorporated Bass Pro Shop in 1972.
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Famous quotes containing the word brown:
“They dragged you from homeland,
They chained you in coffles,
They huddled you spoon-fashion in filthy hatches,
They sold you to give a few gentlemen ease.”
—Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)