Geiger’s history dates back to the 1860’s when Gottlieb Geiger started a small construction contracting business performing odd jobs in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1892, his son, Adam Geiger, started a building material business named A.M. Geiger Cement Company and sold coal, lime, sack cement, grain, and sewer pipe among a sundry of construction products. Adam’s son, E.W. (Ed) Geiger started a construction company that eventually became one of the largest in Kansas during the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. The E.W. Geiger Construction Company built roads throughout the state of Kansas with an emphasis in the western part of the state.
In 1949, E.W. Geiger, Jr. founded Geiger Ready-Mix with his wife Lura S. Geiger. Lura served as the company’s first batch person and secretary. It was in this year that the A.M. Geiger Cement Company relocated from downtown Leavenworth to South 2nd Street next to the ready-mix plant. The building material yard and concrete plant have operated side-by-side ever since.
Subject ID: 79420
MoreGeiger’s history dates back to the 1860’s when Gottlieb Geiger started a small construction contracting business performing odd jobs in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1892, his son, Adam Geiger, started a building material business named A.M. Geiger Cement Company and sold coal, lime, sack cement, grain, and sewer pipe among a sundry of construction products. Adam’s son, E.W. (Ed) Geiger started a construction company that eventually became one of the largest in Kansas during the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. The E.W. Geiger Construction Company built roads throughout the state of Kansas with an emphasis in the western part of the state.
In 1949, E.W. Geiger, Jr. founded Geiger Ready-Mix with his wife Lura S. Geiger. Lura served as the company’s first batch person and secretary. It was in this year that the A.M. Geiger Cement Company relocated from downtown Leavenworth to South 2nd Street next to the ready-mix plant. The building material yard and concrete plant have operated side-by-side ever since.
Subject ID: 79420
Subject ID: 79420