Doug: I believe that the Bartusch Packing that you listed for St. Paul, MN,
was the only place where they actually killed and dressed. All of the
others were branch distribution operations. I worked at Armour in 1951 and
do not remember Morris Refkin. In those years, there was a Cudahy plant
across the Mississippi in Newport.
The Armor and adjacent Swift plants were large major operations. The
stockyards were also huge, handling stock going to the farms and coming
back. Both Swift and Armour killed hogs, sheep, lambs and all of the beef
animals. Except for Hormel, all of the other packing plants in Minnesota
were small. Bartusch was 100% kosher.
Bob Sorensen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harding" <dharding@iowatelecom.net>
To: <cgw@yahoogroups.com>; <cnw@yahoogroups.com>; <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>;
"Mstl" <mstl@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: [CBQ] History question: meat packing plants
> I am compiling a list of meat packing plants served by railroads in Iowa,
> Southern Minn, and boundary cities. My focus is on the 40/50's. (hence no
> IBP plants are on my list) This will be part of a NMRA clinic on meat
> packing plants I am giving later this year, as well as for an article I am
> writing. Many of these plants closed or merged in the 70/80's for a
variety
> of reasons and it is hard to learn their names.
>
> Below is the list as I have it so far, there are some blanks where I don't
> know the name of the packing plant. If you know of a meat packing plant in
> Iowa or Southern Minn that is not on my list please send me the
information.
>
> Doug Harding
> Iowa Central Railroad
> www.iowatelecom.net/~dharding/
>
>
> Meat Packing Plants
> Iowa Mid 40's
> Amana - Amana Society Meat Shop
> Bedford - Cudahy
> Cedar Rapids - Wilson, Armour, Swift, Cudahy
> Cherokee - ?
> Clinton - Cudahy, FJ Peterson
> Davenport - Kohrs, Armour, Cudahy
> Des Moines - Iowa Packing, Amend & Sons, DM Packing, Casson's, Bookey
> Packing, Banner Packing, Condon Bros, General Laboratories, Morrell,
Tobin,
> Fulton Market, Rath, Swift
> Dubuque - Dubuque Packing
> Estherville - Tobin (Morrell), Davis Packing,
> Fort Dodge - Tobin (Hormel)
> Harlan - ?
> Hartley - ?
> Marshalltown - Swift, Marshalltown Packing
> Mason City - Deckers (Armour)
> Muscatine - JE Richards & Sons
> Ottumwa - Morrell
> Perry - Arnold Bros
> Postville - Hy-grade?
> Sioux City - Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Raskins, Mid-States, Wilsons, Needham,
> Siouxland Dressed Beef, Verschores,
> Spencer - ?
> Storm Lake - Kingan, Hy-grade
> Waterloo - Rath
> Webster City - Nissen Packing
>
> Neb
> Omaha
> South Omaha
>
>
> Minn Mid 40's
> Albert Lea - Wilson
> Austin - Hormel
> Fairmont - Jeck Poultry & Egg
> Faribault - Wilson
> St Paul - Armour, Bartusch Packing, Dakota Packing, Hormel, Katz Packing,
> Morrell, Swift, Superior
> S St. Paul - Swift, Armour, United Packing, Morris Refkin & Son (Kosher)
> Winona - Swift
>
>
> 1920's Iowa
> Algona - Swift
> Bradgate - Swift
> Cedar Rapids - Armour, Cudahy, Sinclair, Swift
> DM - Sinclair, Morris,
> Grand Junction - Ft Dodge Packing
> Marshalltown - Roberts & Oakes (Swift)
> Sioux City - Cudahy, Swift, Armour, Sunlight, Midland
> Stanwood - Wilson
>
> 1920's Minn
> Winona - Armour, Interstate Packing,
>
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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