Washburne, Byron A.
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With the coming of the railroad, Springfield’s industrial activity turned around. In 1890 [[Washburne, Charles W.|Charles W. Washburne]], a [[Junction City]] banker, purchased the flour mill from [[Pengra, William|William Pengra]] and set about enlarging the mill and refitting it with new high-speed machinery that increased flour production to 150 barrels a day. Washburne put his son, [[Washburne, Byron A.|Byron A. Washburne]], in charge of the operation which became extremely successful in producing a brand of flour called “[[Snowball XXX]]” (Clarke 1983:35-41). | With the coming of the railroad, Springfield’s industrial activity turned around. In 1890 [[Washburne, Charles W.|Charles W. Washburne]], a [[Junction City]] banker, purchased the flour mill from [[Pengra, William|William Pengra]] and set about enlarging the mill and refitting it with new high-speed machinery that increased flour production to 150 barrels a day. Washburne put his son, [[Washburne, Byron A.|Byron A. Washburne]], in charge of the operation which became extremely successful in producing a brand of flour called “[[Snowball XXX]]” (Clarke 1983:35-41). | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 14 August 2007
With the coming of the railroad, Springfield’s industrial activity turned around. In 1890 Charles W. Washburne, a Junction City banker, purchased the flour mill from William Pengra and set about enlarging the mill and refitting it with new high-speed machinery that increased flour production to 150 barrels a day. Washburne put his son, Byron A. Washburne, in charge of the operation which became extremely successful in producing a brand of flour called “Snowball XXX” (Clarke 1983:35-41).
