Dempsters
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• Dempster in Beatrice, Nebraska, the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company was established to design and produce windmills, hand pumps, water well products and agricultural equipment
• The anticipated market included families headed west to begin a new life on homestead land (see Homestead Acts
• ) At its high point in 1918 the company had 500 employees
• In 1960 Dempsters was purchased by Warren Buffett then sold in 1963 to a group of investors and its name changed to Dempster Industries Incorporated
• In 1985 the company became privately owned with its purchase by Don Clark
• In the summer of 2013 Ryan Mitchell and his company purchased the company assets with operations in Beatrice under Dempsters LLC
• Long known for its windmills, pumps and associated equipment, the company now focuses on manufacturing and distributing recycling trailers as well as agricultural spreaders