Cadwallader C. Washburn
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Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 11th governor of Wisconsin and served 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, r
Cadwallader Colden Washburn
Statue of Washburn at Vicksburg National Military Park by George Brewster
Cadwallader C. Washburn Monument and grave site at Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Cadwallader Colden Washburn, General
General Mills
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General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in
Cadwallader C. Washburn
…representing western Wisconsin. As a businessman, he acquired and grew the Minneapolis Milling Company, creating the business that would later become General Mills. During the American Civil War, Washburn also distinguished himself as a Union Army officer, and rose to the rank of major general, leading forces in…
Advertisement, late 1880s
Postcard image of the Gold Medal Flour factory in Minneapolis c. 1900
General Mills's corporate campus in Golden Valley, Minnesota
![Former site of General Mills as of 2008[update] on the Mississippi River at Minneapolis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Mississippi-Minneapolis-20081005.jpg/500px-Mississippi-Minneapolis-20081005.jpg)
Former site of General Mills as of 2008[update] on the Mississippi River at Minneapolis