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Union stockyards in the United States were centralized urban livestock yards where multiple rail lines delivered animals from ranches and farms for slaughter and meat packing. A stockyard company managed the work of unloading the livestock, which was faster and more efficient than using railway staff. [ 1 ]
The Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was a 90-year-old company first founded in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1878 by John A. Smiley. After being moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and dissolved within a year, the company was reorganized and moved to South Omaha in 1883. [ 1 ]
Kansas City Stockyards in 1909 Kansas City Stockyards in 1904 with the Livestock Exchange Building View of stockyards & surrounding area. The stockyards were built to provide better prices for livestock owners. [citation needed] Previously, livestock owners west of Kansas City could only sell at whatever price the railroad offered. With the ...
Jul. 7—The annual Junior Livestock Show at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center is the legacy of Spokane's livestock history. Started in 1936, the show honors the top farm animals raised by members ...
Initially, the Union Stockyards operated as a feeding station for stock on their way to eastern markets like the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. [6] The first livestock exchange was located in a farmhouse on the site. The Union Stock Yards originally covered over 260 acres (1.1 km 2) of land, with pens covering nearly 200 acres (0.8 km 2). [7]
Wichita Union Stockyards owners Mike and Tina Andra say their venue isn’t struggling, but they are struggling with Simmons Bank over a loan. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in ...
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.
Sep. 3—Husband and wife Lindsey Grant and Julie Sherrill Grant stand on a metal catwalk where they can look down on pens of cattle as the bovines mill around at the McAlester Union Stockyards.