"The meatpacking firm of Morrell & Company, headquartered in Ottumwa since 1877, was nearly destroyed by fire on July 12,1893...The Morrell plant was a major employer until closing almost exactly eighty years later in July, 1973." For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157
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"The meatpacking firm of Morrell & Company, headquartered in Ottumwa since 1877, was nearly destroyed by fire on July 12,1893...The Morrell plant was a major employer until closing almost exactly eighty years later in July, 1973." For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157