Champion Papers history
 
Contents:
Part 1 -- 1893-1894: The best of times; and the worst of times
Part 2 -- The "Model Plant of the World of its kind"
         Champion's Founder: Peter Thomson "just and generous"
Part 3 -- "Finer and bigger plant" rose from four early disasters
         Kentuckians favored for employment at the mill; Hard-working, ingenious and loyal
Part 4 -- Images of strength, reliability and quality: keys to success
         Dr. Louis Frechtling: 'His Word was Law'; He personified company philosophy
Part 5 -- When Champion "stood as shock troops" in Depression
         The sorting line -- Champion Hamilton mill's female sentinels
Part 6 -- Champion men and paper go to war again
         High school students filled war-time void in Hamilton mill
Part 7 -- "It is the greatest pleasure in the world to give"
         The Coaters: a unique, complex operation in the Hamilton mill
Part 8 -- "A sound mind in a sound body," a Thomson philosophy
         The Millwright: oil and dirt a mark of important job
         The mill's pipe gang often difficult to find
Part 9 -- From Kromekote to Benefit, 1946-1994 products
Part 10 -- Champion transportation: From horse-drawn drays in 1894 to railroad freight cars in 1898 to team trucks in 1994
Text of Ohio Historical Society marker
Hamilton Champion chronology (updated through 2005)
Hamilton industrial history, a brief narrative
 
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