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that was owned by
Orville Swan Caesar (1892â1965). Within a year, the duo formed Northland Transportation Company. The company formally changed its name to The Greyhound Corporation in 1930. By 1934, he had expanded to 50 buses and had revenues of $ 340,000. Wickman retired as president of Greyhound
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salesman as a partnership-owner. When he could not sell the first
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