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1. emke.uwm.edu › entry › meatpackingMeatpacking - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

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   Milwaukee’s growing population created an increasing demand for meat—particularly among the city’s Northern Europeans. New rail connections between the city and growing hinterland farms provided a steady stock of live cattle and hogs, later augmented by the shipment of livestock from farms and ranches in western states and territories.

2. shepherdexpress.com › milwaukee-packersThe Milwaukee Packers - Shepherd Express

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   Jan 26, 2010 · Milwaukee was generally the fourth- or fifth-largest meatpacking industry in the country during the 1870s and ’80s. According to figures from the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, in 1879 meat was, by value of product, the city’s most important industry.

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3. www.wisconsinhistory.org › Records › Articlemeat packing industry | Wisconsin Historical Society

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   Milwaukee has long dominated the meat packing industry in Wisconsin. The city was producing over three-quarters of the state's processed meat products by 1860 and became nationally known as a center for pork processing.

4. emke.uwm.edu › entry › agricultureAgriculture - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

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   Milwaukee soon also became a center for the processing of food crops. Flour was the first agricultural product to be processed large-scale in the city. By 1870, local output of flour had reached 1.2 million barrels, and the city trailed only St. Louis as a milling center.

5. shepherdexpress.com › food › eat-drink'Growing Place' Sheds Light on History of Growing Food in ...

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   Feb 19, 2019 · Milwaukee’s past is often seen through the lens of industry and big factories, but “Growing Place: A Visual Study of Urban Farming,” now at MSOE’s Grohmann Museum, shows there were more ways to grow a city.

6. stacker.com › business-economy › history-americasHistory of America's Meat-processing Industry - Stacker

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   Aug 18, 2020 · Unlike at the turn of the 20th century when the Big Five controlled virtually the entire industry, today, just four companies dominate America's meat production—Tyson, Cargill, National Beef, and JBS control more than 85% of America's beef supply.

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   Why did Milwaukee grow so much meat?

   • Milwaukee’s growing population created an increasing demand for meat—particularly among the city’s Northern Europeans. New rail connections between the city and growing hinterland farms provided a steady stock of live cattle and hogs, later augmented by the shipment of livestock from farms and ranches in western states and territories.

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   What was the meat industry like in Milwaukee?

   • The development and expansion of the railroads in the mid-19th century allowed the meat processing industry to centralize around transportation hubs, like Chicago and Milwaukee. Milwaukee's meat production industry began to rise to prominence in 1855 under the leadership of such firms as Plankinton and Layton and Thomas and Edward Roddis.

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   What is Milwaukee's most famous meat product?

   • Milwaukee meat firms made a variety of items, but sausages are perhaps the city’s most iconic meat product, with flavors as diverse as the city itself. The sausage industry shares its origins with the meatpacking industry in the city’s many small neighborhood butcher shops.

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   Why is Milwaukee famous for meatpacking?

   • In the decades following the Civil War, Milwaukee joined the ranks of national industry leaders, such that, by 1880, meatpacking had become the city’s leading industry. While the city’s packinghouses continued to process a variety of livestock, including calves, sheep, and cattle, Milwaukee became a key center for pork production.

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   Does Milwaukee have an agricultural past?

   • Milwaukee’s agricultural past, in other words, remains remarkably relevant for the city’s present, and perhaps even future. Commenting on this region’s relationship to nature, geography, and industry, Milwaukee historian John Gurda has noted that “Southeastern Wisconsin grew up at the intersection of industry and agriculture.”

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   What is Milwaukee known for?

   • More... Milwaukee has long dominated the meat packing industry in Wisconsin. The city was producing over three-quarters of the state's processed meat products by 1860 and became nationally known as a center for pork processing. The slaughtering and packing of meat products began in small-scale operations that primarily served local markets.

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8. www.lib.niu.edu › 2006 › iht1320636Meat Packing - IHT 13:2 2006 - Northern Illinois University

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   Today, as is true throughout the country and in many other industrial sectors, meatpacking is once again a small-town, rural enterprise though, unlike the pre-Civil War period, it is dominated by a few large corporations.