DAYTON COMPANY 

1902 - 2001. Founded in Minneapolis in 1902 as Goodfellows, the store was sold in 1903 to George Dayton and renamed Dayton Dry Goods.

In 1910 the name was changed to the The Dayton Company.  For most of the 20th century, The Dayton Company was one of the foremost department stores in the country.  In 1962, the Dayton Company opened a discount store, which they called Target.  The Target concept was expanded into a chain, and became the mega-chain that Target is today.

In 1969 The Dayton Company mergeged with a Detroit department store chain, Hudson's, and the resulting company was called Dayton-Hudsons.  These department stores eventually became part of Federated Department Stores, and today the remaining Dayton-Hudson store have been made into Macy's.