1921

In 1921, the Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company was founded by Russell B. Nicholas and Howard Beazley. At its peak, the company produced as many as one aircraft per day. Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company also operated the Marshall Flying School. In January of 1928, the Marshall Flying School became the largest civilian air school in the world, at that time. In 1937, production of aircraft ceased, due to economic pressures from the Great Depression. Today, the Nicholas Beazley Aviation Museum is located at the Marshall Airport, with artifacts of interest from aviation history. ConAgra Foods owns the property of the old Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company factory building, located right off the Marshall square; the factory building was torn down in the summer of 2015 to expand the ConAgra plant.