"United Commercial Travelers Souvenir: The Disposition of the Manufacturer, The Capability of the Artisan by A.V. Burch. "The Order of United Commercial Travelers of America (UCT), [which] was formed by eight traveling salesmen on January 16, 1888, in Columbus, Ohio, as a society to provide accident insurance and other benefits for traveling salesmen, or commercial travelers, and their families. (http://www.uct.org/about-us/uct-history/) Alvan Vernon Burch, Sr. (1886-1973) was president of Blount Plow Works, later Burch Plow Works, beginning sometime in the 1920s (although the company itself dates to the middle 1800s)