Austin, Minnesota’s Hormel company pioneered the ‘direct buying’ model of meatpacking
When George Hormel founded the company, large processors relied on centralized operations — mostly in Chicago.
Anita Talsma Gaul
For Minnesota’s first female sheriff, enforcing prohibition was an ongoing challenge
Anna Sheerin Lowe became Minnesota’s first female sheriff when the Murray County Commissioners appointed her to fill her husband’s unexpired term in 1923.
