Spickard Quaquicentennial Time Capsule & Marker - Spickard, MO - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

County of Town: Grundy County
Marker Erected by: Centennial Commission
Population of Spickard in 2010 census: 254
Date Marker Erected: 1996
Date Time Capsule Buried: Sept. 15, 1996
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Small Piece of Spickard History:
Pete Taylor owned a canning plant in nearby Spickard, Missouri that canned tomatoes and other produce raised by local farmers. Taylor needed a cleaner water source than Spickard could provide so he moved his operation to a building a half block south of the east end of the 17th Street bridge in Trenton. Taylor quickly outgrew this building. He bought land to the east and began building the Trenton Foods Canning Plant. Taylor was bought out by Carnation (trademark) which was in turn was bought by Nestle. In 1998 the plant was acquired by ConAgra. The plant is the largest employer in the county and cans a variety of products including nacho cheese, chili, Vienna sausages, institutional foods, gravy, in the Libby's food line and other brands.

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