Kurt Thornton

Battle Creek (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the 1960s, Battle Creek was a successful industrial town known around the world as the ,Cereal City, due to the area,s largest employers, the ready-to-eat breakfast food companies of Ralston Foods, the Kellogg Company, and the Post division of General Foods. As these long-established businesses began to downsize, automate, and relocate, the community met the new economic and social challenges by developing a downtown pedestrian mall, converting a former military base into a vibrant industrial park, and merging two municipalities into the third-largest city (by area) in Michigan. These changes, along with many others, have continued to guide this Midwestern community into the 21st century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439642849
• Artikelnr.: 41054215

Autorenporträt

A lifelong resident of Battle Creek, Kurt Thornton learned Battle Creek's story from his mother, Frances Thornton, a historian and collector of local memorabilia. Along with his interest in local history, he is an amateur photographer and established artist, known for his pen and ink illustrations and his annual calendars, which have celebrated Battle Creek history for over 20 years.