Michael Cudahy (meat packing)

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Michael Cudahy (1841 - 1910) was an American industrialist.

He was born in Callan, County Kilkenny Ireland in 1841 and emigrated to the United States in 1849.[1][2][3] He moved with his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked in the meat packing industry.

With the help of his brothers Edward and Patrick Cudahy, he established the Cudahy Meatpacking plant in South Omaha, Nebraska. In 1908 Cudahy sold his share of the company and bought a 2,800 acre (11 km²) ranch east of Los Angeles. He subdivided the ranch and sold it as one acre (4,000 m²) lots. This area was incorporated in 1960 as the City of Cudahy, California.

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  1. ^ Cudahy, Patrick 1849 - 1919 - Dictionary of Wisconsin History - Wisconsin Historical Society
  2. ^ "Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Catalogue" - North American International Livestock Exposition - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)
  3. ^ Sherman, Jeff. "Milwaukee Talks: Michael Cudahy" - OnMilwaukee.com - August 28, 2002
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