Chamber of Commerce to celebrate centennial at annual banquet
Happy 100th Birthday Chamber!
Happy 100th Birthday Chamber!
Happy 100th Birthday Chamber!
Happy 100th Birthday Chamber!
Happy 100th Birthday Chamber!
THE CHAMBER BANQUET IN SNOOK IN 2000, marking the organization’s 75th year in operation. Tribune photo
A 1975 ISSUE OF THE TRIBUNE shows Chamber officers and directors in the organization’s 50th year.
MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER in 2024, just before the November “Toasting in the ‘Well” event. Pictured, from left, are Brian Broaddus, Susan Mott, Kaylee Odstrcil, Stu Chapman and Sharon Livengood.
The term “chamber of commerce” was first recorded in Marseilles, France, in the year 1599, per the Chamber Nation website.
The first chamber of commerce in America was formed in New York State in 1768, predating the Declaration of Independence.
Texas saw its first chamber of commerce established in January of 1840, when it was the Republic of Texas.
And on Thursday, April 3, 2025, the Burleson County…
