| In 1836 the Spring Foundry
opened northwest of the city, and it was taken over by the Hutton brothers,
Jesse and John 1839. They sold the company to Jonas Gaar and his sons,
Abraham and John M. Gaar, and his son-in-law, William G. Scott, who
continued the business under the name of A. Gaar & Company.
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| The company produced threshing
machines and traction engines, as well as other farm equipment,
and their products were shipped to all parts of the world. In
December 1911, the M. Rumely Co. of LaPorte, Indiana, bought
out the local company, then went bankrupt itself only a few
years later. All of the buildings of the complex are gone, except
the administration building that now is home to the offices
of the Richmond Baking Company |
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