Bethany, MO: Midway through the last century, Bethany was known as the home of one of the largest chicken hatcheries in the United States.--By Phil Conger
Bethany, MO: (Left) The old Imperial Hatchery once produced more than 3 million baby chicks a month at its location near the Northwest Missouri State Fairgrounds. The old railroad trestle over Big Creek can be seen in the upper left corner of the aerial photograph taken in the 1940s.–Submitted photo (Right) Lowell “Buster” Foley stands in front of some of the surviving incubator barns for the Imperial Hatchery, which operated until the mid 1960s. Lowell grew up in a home on the hatchery grounds.–Republican-Clipper photo
Bethany, MO: Midway through the last century, Bethany was known as the home of one of the largest chicken hatcheries in the United States.–By Phil Conger
