About William Plankinton
William Plankinton was an American businessman, manufacturer, and industrialist. He followed in his father's footsteps in the meat packing and meat processing industry. Plankinton left an estate valued at approximately $4 million to his heirs. He founded and was part owner of the Western Portland Cement company in Yankton, South Dakota. The firm became known in 1893 as the Plankinton Packing Company when the Cudahy brothers moved their operations south to a site just outside of Milwaukee. Plankinton became vice-president of the Plankinton Bank in 1891 upon his father's death.
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