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5 unusual facts about Armour and Company


Andrew Watson Armour III

Andrew Watson "Butch" Armour III (October 22, 1908 – December 27, 1991) was a member of the prominent Armour family of meatpacking fame (Armour and Company), a company president, and notable philanthropist who, together with his wife Sarah Wood Armour, gave millions of dollars to Princeton University, St. Mark's School, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, and innumerable other charitable causes.

Armour and Company

Chicago-based bus company Greyhound Corporation acquired Armour and Co. and its Dial brand in 1970.

Calbraith Perry Rodgers

Rodgers had J. Ogden Armour, of Armour and Company, sponsor the flight, and in return he named the plane, a Wright Model EX designed for exhibition flights, after Armour's grape soft drink Vin Fiz.

Jimmy Archer

After his retirement from baseball, Archer worked as a hog purchaser for the Armour meat packing company in Chicago.

Transcontinental flight across the United States

Rodgers persuaded J. Ogden Armour, of Armour and Company, to sponsor the flight, and in return he named the plane after Armour's grape soft drink "Vin Fiz".


Harriet Quimby

The Vin Fiz Company, a division of Armour Meat Packing Plant of Chicago, recruited Harriet as the spokesperson for the new grape soda, Vin Fiz, after the death of Calbraith Perry Rodgers in April 1912.

Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

These men were joined enthusiastically by operators of the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company, which was organized in 1893; Armour & Company and Swift & Company, meat packers; and officials of the various railway companies serving Fort Worth.


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