Armour at Austin, MN is the home of "SPAM". They even
have a SPAM Museum, went to the Grand Opening in
6/2002, Very interesting place. Over 50,000 visitors
came to the weekend event.
--- Bob & Marian Sorensen <rksmes@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> 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,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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