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Henry Marcus Quackenbush (April 27, 1847 – September 8, 1933), commonly called "H.M.", was an American inventor and industrialist who founded the H.M. Quackenbush Company [1] in Herkimer, New York. His company was widely known for its air rifles and for the invention of the metal, spring-jointed nutcracker .
Oak Industries, Inc. was an American electronics company that manufactured a variety of products throughout seven decades in the 20th century. In existence from 1932 to 2000, the company's business lines primarily centered around electronic components and materials, though the company made a high-profile and ultimately failed extension into communications media in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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In 2010, the company changed its name from Shaw Newspapers to Shaw Media. [18] By 2013, the company owned 35 Illinois newspapers and a handful of publications in Iowa. Around that time a group of minority owners with a 35% ownership stake sued the family members who owned the remaining 65% stake over alleged mismanagement of the company. [11]
The Quackenbush Hardware Store, located in Eugene, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The store opened in 1903 under the name J. W. Quackenbush's , selling farm implements, hardware, and horse-drawn vehicles.
Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Named after a lake 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southwest of the city's downtown, Crystal Lake is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Chicago. [3] The population was 40,269 as of the 2020 census. [4] Crystal Lake is the most populous city in McHenry County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area ...
Palmer was elected Judge of Elections for the township on June 5, 1850. He incorporated his holdings with the nearby Village of Crystal Lake to form the City of Crystal Lake. Palmer co-founded the Nunda Masonic Lodge on October 2, 1855. His house was built in 1858, designed by local architect Andrew Jackson Simon.
The Quackenbush rifles are fairly desirable collector items and sell for several hundred dollars depending on the exact model and the condition. The "Junior Safety" rifle came with either a fixed wire stock or one that slid forward for use as a "bicycle rifle" nearly identical with the stock later used on the USAF M4 survival rifle.