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The Stover Mansion (1924), with 25 rooms, five fireplaces and a ballroom, is among the largest that the J.C. Nichols Company built in Mission Hills, Kansas, originally for Frank E. Jones. The Stovers purchased it when Russell Stover Candies moved its headquarters to Kansas City in 1931. Photo by Tyner & Murphy, Kansas City, Mo.
Founded by Russell Stover, an American chemist and entrepreneur, and his wife Clara Stover in 1923, it is an independent subsidiary of Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli. The Kansas City , Missouri -based company was acquired from the Ward family in July 2014 for $1.6 billion.
Christian Kent Nelson, co-founder with Russell Stover, of the "Eskimo Pie" ice cream bar, portrait from 1922 Russell Stover headquarters in Kansas City, MissouriRussell William Stover (May 6, 1888 – May 11, 1954) was an American chemist and entrepreneur, and co-founder, with his wife Clara, of Russell Stover Candies.
Check out this giant box of chocolates with pieces that weigh nearly 40 pounds each.
Louis Larrick Ward (November 18, 1919 - February 10, 1996) was an American businessman who successfully turned the Russell Stover Candies company into an international brand after purchasing the company in 1960.
The online Russell Stover history states that the Whitman's Sampler was introduced in 1912, and by 1915 it was the most popular of Whitman's line of candy. Also in 1915 the Messenger Boy molded chocolate piece was added to the assortment. [7]
The Country Club Plaza (often called The Plaza) is a privately owned regional [1] shopping center in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri.Opened in 1923, it is considered to be the first planned large outdoor suburban shopping center in the United States and among the first regional centers to accommodate shoppers arriving by car.
The Stovers relocated to Denver, Colorado, and used their meager earnings to create their own confectionery company, "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies". With success came factories in Denver and Kansas City, Missouri. By 1932, all operations were relocated to Kansas City, sales having increased from 20,000 to 11 million pounds. [citation needed ...