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The Sheely Packing Company was located at South 27th Avenue and Martha Street in South Omaha, Nebraska. The plant was the namesake of the surrounding Sheelytown neighborhood, which was predominantly
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, with many other immigrants as well. It was the first substantial
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operation in Omaha, which preceded the founding of the city's large meatpacking industry.


History

Founded by former South Omaha fire chief Joseph Sheely, the Sheely Packing Company was established when Sheely bought the stockyards that were established by David Cook in 1871. It was January 1880. Joseph was one of the incorporators of the
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in the 1870s. His packing plant sat on the new South Omaha Terminal Railway, southeast of Hanscom Park. Sheely's company processed 15,000 hogs annually until his plant burnt down in 1886."Omaha: The Gate City". Archive.org. Retrieved 8/28/10.
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See also

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History of Omaha, Nebraska The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Coun ...
* Economy of Omaha, Nebraska


References

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