door ▁Store , ▁in ▁Dow nt own ▁Houston ▁at ▁Capit ol ▁and ▁F ann in . ▁F ounded ▁as ▁a ▁propriet or ship , ▁O sh man ' s ▁ ▁business ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁O sh man ' s ▁Sport ing ▁Good s ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁as ▁the ▁country ▁emer ged ▁from ▁World ▁War ▁II .. ▁As ▁business ▁increased , ▁the ▁store ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁larger ▁location ▁at ▁ 9 0 2 ▁Main ▁in ▁Dow nt own ▁Houston . ▁O sh man ' s ▁opened ▁locations ▁in ▁sub urban ▁sho pping ▁cent ers ▁in ▁Gre ater ▁Houston ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁Bay ▁City , ▁Be aum ont , ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i , ▁and ▁Pas ad ena . ▁ ▁O sh man ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁By ▁that ▁year ▁O sh man ' s ▁was ▁Texas ' s ▁largest ▁sport ing ▁goods ▁chain , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁sport ing ▁goods ▁chain ▁in ▁the ▁south western ▁United ▁States . ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁the ▁company ▁had ▁ten ▁sport ing ▁goods ▁stores ▁and ▁two ▁wh oles ale ▁fir ms ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁G ulf ▁Coast ▁region . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁O sh man ' s ▁was ▁expand ing ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁area . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁O sh man ' s ▁purchased ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁trade ▁name ▁of ▁Aber c rom bie ▁and ▁F itch ▁from