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The history of the Pioneer Cereal Company in Canal Fulton is not very well-documented. The company was owned by the famous Schumacher milling family in Akron, led by patriarch Ferdinand Schumacher, the "Oat Meal King". The mill they operated in Canal Fulton was originally owned by the company Heinrich Miller & Sons, where it manufactured pearl barley and flour. In 1902 Pioneer Cereal Company acquired the mill. The mill was in operation until 1907, when it was destroyed in a fire. After the fire, Pioneer Cereal Company left Canal Fulton to start a new plant up in Akron<ref>https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/14000811.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5815883/pioneer-cereal-co-19020801-mill/</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5815694/pioneer-cereal-co-19020114-start-up/</ref>.
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The company was owned by the famous Schumacher milling family in Akron, led by patriarch Ferdinand Schumacher, the "Oat Meal King". The mill they operated in Canal Fulton was originally owned by the company Heinrich Miller & Sons, where it manufactured pearl barley and flour. In 1902 Pioneer Cereal Company acquired the mill. The mill was in operation until 1907, when it was destroyed in a fire. After the fire, Pioneer Cereal Company left Canal Fulton to start a new plant up in Akron<ref>https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/14000811.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5815883/pioneer-cereal-co-19020801-mill/</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5815694/pioneer-cereal-co-19020114-start-up/</ref>.
  
 
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File:Undated Pioneer Cereal Mill.jpg|Undated photograph of the Pioneer Cereal Mill on West Market St. near the railroad. [[Sts Philip & James Church]] can be see in the background.
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File:Undated Pioneer Cereal Mill.jpg|Undated photograph of the Pioneer Cereal Mill on West Market St. near the railroad. [[SS Philip and James Catholic Church]] can be see in the background.
File:1898CFFireInsuranceMap-4.png|1898 - Fire Insurance map mapping the Heinrich Miller & Sons location.
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File:1875CFAtlas.png|1875 - Atlas showing a "Grist & Flouring Mill" at the location. This is the earliest mention of a mill at the location.
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File:1898CFFireInsuranceMap-4.png|1898 - Fire Insurance map showing the Heinrich Miller & Sons location.
 
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 15 August 2020

The company was owned by the famous Schumacher milling family in Akron, led by patriarch Ferdinand Schumacher, the "Oat Meal King". The mill they operated in Canal Fulton was originally owned by the company Heinrich Miller & Sons, where it manufactured pearl barley and flour. In 1902 Pioneer Cereal Company acquired the mill. The mill was in operation until 1907, when it was destroyed in a fire. After the fire, Pioneer Cereal Company left Canal Fulton to start a new plant up in Akron[1][2][3].