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===19th century=== Cargill was founded in 1865 by [[William Wallace Cargill]] when he bought a grain-flat house in [[Conover, Iowa|Conover]], [[Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shurtleff |first1=William |title=History of Cargill's Work with Soybeans and Soybean Ingredients (1940-2020): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook |last2=Aoyagi |first2=Akiko |publisher=Soyinfo Center |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-948436-22-9 |location=Lafayette, CA |pages=5 |language=en}}</ref> A year later William was joined by his brother Sam, forming W. W. Cargill and Brother. Together, they built grain flat houses and opened a lumberyard. In 1875, Cargill moved to [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse]], [[Wisconsin]], and their brother James joined the business. La Crosse was strategically located on the Mississippi near the junctions of the La Crosse River, Dubuque, and Southern Minnesota divisions of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad]]. Sam Cargill left La Crosse in 1887 to manage the office in [[Minneapolis]], an important emerging grain center. Three years later, the Minneapolis operation incorporated as Cargill Elevator Co.; some years after that the La Crosse operation incorporated as W. W. Cargill Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1898, John H. MacMillan Sr., and his brother, Daniel, began working for W. W. Cargill. MacMillan then married William Cargill's eldest daughter, Edna.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shurtleff |first1=William |last2=Aoyagi |first2=Akiko |title=History of Cargill's Work with Soybeans and Soybean Ingredients (1940-2020): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook |publisher=Soyinfo Center |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-948436-22-9 |location=Lafayette, CA |pages=304 |language=en}}</ref>
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