Quaker Mill Company
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The Quaker Mill Company was a 19th century American oat mill company in Ravenna, Ohio. After merging with two other companies in 1901, the company became the Quaker Oats Company, now a subsidiary of PepsiCo.
[edit] History
Henry D. Seymour and William Heston founded the Quaker Mill in Ravenna. On 4 September 1877 Seymour trademarked the Quaker brand after reading an encyclopedia article on the Quakers, now known as the Society of Friends.[1] By 1888, the company employed 83 people, and (in a tie with the Ravenna Glass Company) was Ravenna's largest employer.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Adams, Cecil. The Straight Dope Accessed 28 July 2006.
- ^ Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio. C. J. Krehbiel & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Vol. II (1904)
