Forgotten Landmark: Dempster Mill Factory, Beatrice, NE

 

Dempster Mill Factory, 711 S. 6th St, Beatrice, NE--shown in Google Streetview, accessed 11/18/2010

 This company was founded in 1878 by C. B. Dernpster who, with $37 of his own and $300 borrowed from relatives, bought a third interest in a small retail pump and windmill shop.

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