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Mrs. Ninnie Baird was a remarkable woman... In a day and age when it was rare for a woman to become a successful entrepreneur, she was. Yet is was as much a necessity that set Mrs. Baird on the road to entrepreneurship as anything. In 1901 William and Ninnie Baird brought their family from Tennessee to Fort Worth, Texas. William, a restaurateur by trade, set up a business in downtown Fort Worth selling popcorn from a bright red cart with brass fittings and a loud steam whistle. Within months his success led him to buy another popcorn cart which was run by his oldest son, Dewey, only eight-years-old. But it wasn't long before William Baird decided to get back into the restaurant business....