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<<<Read the Part I<<< 1947: Jackie Robinson is first black major league baseball player.

1948: Harry S. Truman elected president.

1949: Young Harry Tuttle III goes to work unloading boxcars of cukes. His brother, Gedney, becomes assistant credit manager.

1951: Chaska plant adds facilities for fresh pack pickles.

1952: Dwight Eisenhower is U.S. President.

1956: Elvis hits it big with “Blue Suede Shoes”

1958: The entire Gedney operation moves to a new 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse, condiment plant and offices built on l8 acres near Chaska, Minnesota.

1963: President Kennedy is assassinated.

1967: Gedney Tuttle succeeds his father as president of firm, still using the original Gedney recipes, while adding new products.

1969: Neil Armstrong is first man on the the moon! Ladies wear pantsuits in public.

1970: Instead of delivering product to distributors like May Brothers or Super Valu, Gedney customers save money by picking up their orders in Chaska. Distribution extends as far east as Upper Michigan, southward to Arkansas and westward to Montana.

1974: Vikes in Super Bowl, but lose to Dolphins. Watergate scandal, President Nixon resigns.

1979: Tom Hitch, son of Helen Tuttle Hitch and a fifth generation Gedney begins as a production supervisor.

1980: Ronald Reagan elected President

1985: Gedney buys the Flavo Food Company and the recipes for the popular Max’s Pickles. By now, the majority of Gedney Pickles are Fresh Pack.

1987: Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis in World Series.

1988: Concentrating on retail sales, Gedney discontinues the food service division, rejects machine-picked cucumbers and declares itself the official source of “The Minnesota Pickle."

1988: George Bush elected President.

1988: McDonalds opens 20 stores in Moscow. `

1991: The first two State Fair Pickles (made from real prize-winning recipes for Genevieve Spano’s Kosher Dills and Nita Schemmel’s Bread & Butter Pickles) are launched at the Minnesota State Fair.

1992: Product distribution is now mainly through food brokers to wholesale distributors and chain stores.

1992: Bill Clinton is elected President.

1993: Gedney Tuttle’s second son, Carl, leaves General Mills to take on duties as Gedney Production Supervisor.

1994: Gedney spreads into jams with four different State Fair blue ribbon preserve recipes. State Fair pickles grow to include five recipes.

1995: Another of Gedney Tuttle's sons, Jeff, moves into the company to head up marketing and advertising, while his cousin ,Tom Hitch, advances to V.P. of Operations.

1996: The new Devil’s Fire Salsa recipe is tested in Tulsa and Fargo. The highly successful State Fair line now totals five pickle recipes, five jams and two new Spreadable Fruits.

1996: Bill Clinton wins a second presidential term.

1996: Sandwiches get even better and easier to make for consumers with the introduction of Gedney Pickle Planks (long sliced pickles).

1997: Gedney "Pickle Pick-Ups" introduced: a revolutionary new way to package pickles for convenience – in a bag, with no extra brine.

1998: Gedney Tuttle retires as CEO, retaining his position as Chairman of the Board. He is succeeded by his son Jeff.

1998: United States and NATO air strikes commence again in Iraq under the code name "Desert Fox".

1998: Gedney refrigerated "Crispy Pickles" introduced to compete with successful Claussen pickles.

1999: President Clinton is impeached by the House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate for perjury and obstruction of justice during his affair with Monica Lewinski.

1999: Gedney product distribution expands to include Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

2000: George W. Bush becomes President.

2000: Gedney acquires the "Cains" trademark and begins producing uncommon pickles throughout New England.

2001: Cains Introduces "Babies" to the New England Market.

2002: Gedney begins production of all Del Monte and Target Archer Farms pickles.