Take a Walk! By Steve Robbins, 12/27/2024 Take a Walk! We are blessed with so much outdoor recreation in the Mad River Valley. Read More 2024 December - Mad River Valley Real Estate Driven by Data By Erik H. Reisner, 12/15/2024 In Brief: Happy Holidays! The mountains received a ...
In 1865, Chicago’s Union Stockyards opened and soon saw millions of animals arriving annually in the meatpacking district, compelling poet Carl Sandburg to dub the town “Hog Butcher for the World” in his 1914 poem “Chicago.” Unsurprisingly, Armour & Co. and Oscar Mayer got their starts ...