The plant was the namesake of the surrounding Sheelytown neighborhood, which was predominantly Polish, with many other immigrants as well.
Joseph was one of the incorporators of the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha in the 1870s.
[2] His packing plant sat on the new South Omaha Terminal Railway, southeast of Hanscom Park.
[3] Sheely's company processed 15,000 hogs annually until his plant burnt down in 1886.
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