John Plankinton (March 11, 1820 – March 29, 1891) was an American businessman. He is noted for expansive real estate developments in Milwaukee, including...
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The John Plankinton statue is a six foot (1.8 m) lifelike representation of the businessman and industrialist. It took the sculptor Richard Henry Park...
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Anne Plankinton (July 27, 1853 – 1923) was an American philanthropist in the early 20th century, the daughter of Milwaukee businessman John Plankinton. She...
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Plankinton is a city in and the county seat of Aurora County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 781 at the 2020 census. Plankinton sprang...
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William Plankinton Mansion (also known as the William Plankinton House) was built in 1876 by the millionaire meatpacking entrepreneur John Plankinton and...
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Chicken Ranch (Nevada) (redirect from Walter Plankinton)
Chicken Ranch is adjacent to another legal brothel, Sheri's Ranch. Walter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, as close to Las Vegas as legally...
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D. Armour joined with John Plankinton (the founder of the Layton and Plankinton Packing Company in 1852) to establish Plankinton, Armour and Company. Together...
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residence for Elizabeth Plankinton. Built between 1886 and 1888 by John Plankinton for his daughter as a wedding gift, it cost at least $100,000 (equivalent...
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encompasses the former Plankinton Arcade with many of its original features still intact including the statue of John Plankinton in the center of the circular...
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at the Plankinton and Armour meat packing plant in the Menomonee Valley, becoming the superintendent in 1874. In 1888, the owner, John Plankinton, transferred...
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partnered with John Plankinton in the meatpacking industry, creating the company Plankinton, Armour & Company. Philip helped Plankinton start up "a new...
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sued. Plankinton was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1843. He was the son of John Plankinton and Elizabeth Bracken Plankinton. While...
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Weaver (January 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: John Bond Trevor House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic...
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four-story store at the corner of Wisconsin and Grand from local merchant John Plankinton. The Gimbels store was the largest dry goods vendor in the city, with...
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1852, Frederick joined John Plankinton to form a partnership for the packing of pork and beef under the name of Layton & Plankinton. With a loan of $3,000...
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period was a crayon portrait, eight feet long, of John Plankinton, owner and operator of the Plankinton Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For this piece of work...
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by the wealthy of the nineteenth century. He did a marble bust of John Plankinton, an astute businessman who founded the meat industry in Wisconsin and...
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Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria (d. 1893) 1820 – John Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist (d. 1891)...
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the Menomonee Valley was a critical supply point for the likes of John Plankinton, Frederick Layton and Philip Armour. Packing houses populated the valley...
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daughter, commissioned by Elizabeth Plankinton in honor of her father, prominent 19th-century businessman, John Plankinton. It took three years for her to...
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Milwaukee at the time of construction. Later owned and altered by John Plankinton. Annexed in 1903 to the neighboring building of the Milwaukee National...
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previous congregations to form Calvary. Calvary's first officers were John Plankinton, James B. Bradford, and Samuel C. West - all wealthy businessmen. They...
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After Patrick Cudahy's meat-packing partnership with John Plankinton ended, Patrick and his brother John bought land south of Milwaukee to start a new meat-packing...
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Monument Jacques Marquette You Rise Above the World The Last Alarm John Plankinton North Side Celebrating the Arts Christian Wahl Elk On Watch Pattern...
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– Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Chicago) Richard Henry Park – John Plankinton statue Jeronimo Sunol – Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park...
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the Art in Trade Club Medal for the School of Art League of New York, the John F. Stevens Monument in Montana, and the Columbia Broadcasting Guest Award...
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dropped out of school at age 14 and found a job working at Layton and Plankinton, Milwaukee, an area meat packing plant. He worked his way up the ranks...
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1873. The three county commissioners met on August 29, 1881, and named Plankinton the county seat, an act which was ratified by voters in November 1882...
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Monument Jacques Marquette You Rise Above the World The Last Alarm John Plankinton North Side Celebrating the Arts Christian Wahl Elk On Watch Pattern...
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courthouse (1873–1939), private residences of Alexander Mitchell and John Plankinton, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He died in 1887 at age 51. The sculpture...
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