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Pirkl Implement
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Originally known as Musegades and Lynch Co., this farm implement business on First Street in Faribault became Lynch and Pirkl from 1932 until 1941. William Pirkl took sole ownership in 1941 and built a new building at 19 N. Central Ave. in 1942. It then operated as Pirkl Implement Company and became a John Deere dealer. Pirkl owned and ran the dealership until his retirement in 1967, when his son-in-law Ivan Hale bought the business with his partner Arnold Swenson. They operated it until their retirement in 1980, when the business closed. Supporters of agriculture and active in the community, the company annually hosted a popular event known as John Deere Days.
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