Packing-houses
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sherrye Berger and Sigman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B300
Abstract
Louis K. Sigman, the owner of K&G packing, the largest independent meat packing plant in Colorado, was the son of East European immigrants. Born in 1881, he moved to Denver as a young boy. To support himself, Louis shined shoes and sold matches and newspapers to earn enought money to bring his parents to Colorado from Russia. In Denver, his father opened Sigman's Grocery in the West Colfax neighborhood. Louis began his meat business with just one calf and went on to become a...
Dates:
1900-1997