Woodbury County IA Archives Biographies.....Booge, James E. 
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James E. Booge, of the firm of J. E. Booge & Co., pork packers, was born in
Pittsford, Rutland county, Vt.; came to Sioux City in 1858, and has been engaged
in his present business since 1869. This firm sell their hams for the north and
west; mess pork to the north, and the government; their sides for the local
trade and the south, and their lard to Chicago. Capital required in operating
the business, about $500.000. During the year, 1881, they erected extensive
buildings of brick and stone, five stories high, at a cost of $100,000. The
works cover an area of five acres. They have every modern appliance, fertilizing
works, etc., and employ in the busiest season, about 300 men, and run both
winter and summer seasons, with a capacity, respectively, of 1,500 daily in
winter, and 500 in summer. J. E. Booge, Esq., who founded the establishment, is
resident partner and entire manager. The works have ample side-tracks connecting
with every road in the city. 

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History of Western Iowa: Its settlement and Growth; Sioux City 1882
Section: Woodbury County: Sioux City Biographies

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