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Funk Soybean Processing Mill

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Title
Funk Soybean Processing Mill
Description
Gene Funk built this soybean processing plant in 1924 in Bloomington, modeled after a mill in Chicago Heights.
Interpretation
The addition of a soybean processing mill in Bloomington greatly contributed to the increased production of soybeans in McLean County.
Inscription
Funk Soybean Processing mill about 1920. (Funk Heritage Trust)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 15 Economics  
Author or Creator
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other Contributors
Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Source
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)  
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.  
Subject / Keywords
  • Factories  
  • Mills  
  • Soybeans  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage
1924~
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 7:12, p. 100
  • mch0339
Date Created
36725
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleFunk Soybean Processing Mill
DescriptionGene Funk built this soybean processing plant in 1924 in Bloomington, modeled after a mill in Chicago Heights.
InterpretationThe addition of a soybean processing mill in Bloomington greatly contributed to the increased production of soybeans in McLean County.
InscriptionFunk Soybean Processing mill about 1920. (Funk Heritage Trust)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 15 Economics  
Author or CreatorMcLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other ContributorsWalters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Source
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)  
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.  
Subject / Keywords
  • Factories  
  • Mills  
  • Soybeans  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage1924~
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 7:12, p. 100
  • mch0339
Date Created36725
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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