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==Summary==
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The '''Morgan Hill Farmer's Union''' was a grower's dried fruit cooperative founded in 1912.  The union merged into the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1918, and became Plant #2 for Sunsweet.
  
 
==Locations==
 
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| Morgan Hill || 1912-1917 || Fourth and Depot Street || Near Sunsweet on Third Street.
 
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==Photos==
 
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==Details==
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Photos of the front and back in Arcadia's Morgan Hill book<ref>U.R. Sharma, [http://books.google.com/books?id=4Z6Qc0pBclkC&lpg=PA55&ots=ViYSJfB_zB&dq=morgan%20hill%20farmers%20union&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q=morgan%20hill%20farmers%20union&f=false Morgan Hill], Arcadia Publishing, 200x.</ref>
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==References==
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Founded in 1912.  Became Plant #2 for Sunsweet.
 
 
[[Category:Morgan Hill]]
 
[[Category:Morgan Hill]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]

Latest revision as of 19:01, 7 July 2015

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative
Main Location

Morgan Hill

The Morgan Hill Farmer's Union was a grower's dried fruit cooperative founded in 1912. The union merged into the California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1918, and became Plant #2 for Sunsweet.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Morgan Hill 1912-1917 Fourth and Depot Street Near Sunsweet on Third Street.

Photos

Photos of the front and back in Arcadia's Morgan Hill book[1]

References

  1. U.R. Sharma, Morgan Hill, Arcadia Publishing, 200x.