"The meatpacking firm of Morrell & Company, headquartered in Ottumwa since 1877, was nearly destroyed by fire on July 12,1893. Thomas Dove Foster, the head of the firm, briefly considered moving the plant to Memphis after the fire, but instead rebuilt at the same location on Iowa Avenue. 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. Thomas Dove Foster, the head of the firm, briefly considered moving the plant to Memphis after the fire, but instead rebuilt at the same location on Iowa Avenue. 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