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" A MORSEL OF GENUINE HISTORY IS A THING SO RARE AS TO BE ALWAYS VALUABLE"

THOMAS JEFFERSON
1817

 

 

 

 


 

Commodity Marketers

A.E. Staley - Decatur

Augustus Eugene Staley founded the company in 1898, packing and selling "Cream" cornstarch in Baltimore, Maryland. The company incorporated in 1906, moved to Decatur in 1909, and began corn processing in 1912.

Chicago Board of Trade

 
 
 

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