February 9, 2020 — In 1851 Ezekiel G. Folsom incorporated Folsom's Mercantile College in Ohio.
Folsom's taught bookkeeping, banking, and railroading.
Their motto was: "Integrity and Perseverance in Business ensure success".
Guess who went there?
Richard Brhel of placepeep shared this quote the other day on StartupSchool. He saw the quote on a poster years ago when he was helping a digitization effort in Ohio. I had never seen this exact quote before so wanted to transcribe it for the web.