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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAN_swift-company_South-St-Paul-MN.html
On this site stood Swift & Company's slaughterhouse and meat packing plant. It eventually became the company's largest plant in the United States. The area covered 28 acres, with 30.5 acres of floor space in multi-storied buildings.
Swift & Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXI_the-stockyards_South-St-Paul-MN.html
The idea to create a livestock market and meat packing center at South St. Paul was conceived by Alpheus B. Stickney, a prominent railroad businessman. After meetings with western livestock ranchers and producers, the need to locally slaughter and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWR_armour-company_South-St-Paul-MN.html
With the establishment of the stockyards, meat buyers were quick to congregate in South St. Paul. In 1897, Armour had buyers here. Cattle, hogs and sheep were purchased and then shipped to Chicago for processing. Nearby the Swift & Company plant w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKV7_kaposia-village_South-St-Paul-MN.html
Here on the Mendota Trail from 1839 to 1852 stood the Sioux village of the Little Crow family. An attempted Chippewa attack in 1842 precipitated the Battle of Kaposia across the river. After the Treaty of Mendota in 1851 the band moved up the Minn…