Company Information
Centrally located in Cattle Country between Kansas City and Omaha, Fairbury Steaks parent company was founded in Nebraska in 1937. We have supplied area restaurants and local patrons through the years featuring premium top sirloin steak cuts, rib eye steaks, boneless strips, T-Bones, prime rib, filet mignon steak, and more.
We also produce, market and distribute our famous Mr. B's Breaded Rocky Mountain Oysters (no one produces more "fries" than Fairbury Steaks). All of our products are custom cut and packaged to serve the needs of our customers. We ship only the finest quality meats for all occasions, special events, and corporate gifts. And, unlike some other online sites, Fairbury Steaks proudly sells only one level of product: premium. We do not make you pay for an "upgrade". And we think that when you compare our quality, our prices, and our personal service, you'll be happy you chose Fairbury Steaks.
With Fairbury Steaks convenient product ordering online or by phone, you can send premium filet mignon steaks, prime rib roasts, or rib eye steaks to family and friends, or as corporate gifts. The choices are endless for steak lovers. And you might want to order something for yourself, too!
Order prime rib roast at value prices and freeze for your next dinner party. Send a gift package of boneless strips for birthdays, anniversaries, or any other special occasion. Give a gift that will be appreciated and shared. To assist you in choosing, we have put together several highly popular gift assortment packs for your consideration: filet mignon steaks, top sirloin steaks, boneless rib eye steaks, and several more of our finest cuts of meat. Be sure to check out our extensive Steak Combos section.
Visit our web site for top sirloin steak recipes, prime rib roast cooking tips, and grilling instructions for rib eye steaks. Check out our new Beef Trivia page just for fun, or go to the Beef Cuts Identification page to help with your order selections. We want you to be comfortable with our online meat market and come back again and again! Call us if you have questions about any of our products. We'll be glad to assist you. Remember Fairburysteaks.com for your steak needs -- producing quality products at a reasonable price!
And now, free with your order, our Fairbury Steaks COOK'D RIGHT Disposable Thermometer.
Shows rare, medium, and well done -- just insert the tip into the center of the meat, wait 10
seconds and then remove sensor. Check the color of the tip and compare it to the enclosed
chart. Continue checking meat with the same sensor until it reaches the desired doneness
level (reusable up to five cooking sessions if cleaned and sterilized after each use). Best
wishes from Fairbury Steaks.
All prices subject to change; not responsible for publication errors.
What is this "Fairbury" in Fairbury Steaks? FAIRBURY -- Jefferson County, Southeast Nebraska
In 1868 James B. Mattingly gave up freighting and built a sawmill on the banks of the Little Blue River near the Oregon
Trail. People, returning from the gold fields, were beginning to settle along the trail. Back in Illinois, Judge W. G.
McDowell foresaw the coming of a railroad through the area and came to Nebraska to "start a town" in this fertile valley.
In 1869 Mattingly and McDowell, each assigning 80 acres of the land they claimed, to plat a town. Right in the middle they
left a block for the public square. For a name they chose McDowell's Illinois home, "Fairbury," there being only two by that
name in the nation.
And people came -- taking homesteads, setting up businesses, then establishing schools and churches. Mattingly's cabin served
as the first school in 1869, with religious services held in various homes. In a few years the Methodists, Baptists, and
Catholics each had their own church. Presently there are 16 churches, three public and one parochial elementary, a junior
high, and a newly-constructed senior high school.
In 1870 Sidney Mason built the first hotel and Horace Clark had the first blacksmith shop. In 1871 two more hotels were built
and there were five blacksmith shops. W. H. Weeks started a lumber yard in 1870 and before 1872 there were two more. Also in
1870 George Cross started the first newspaper, calling it "The Fairbury Gazette." A number of newspapers came and went
through the years, with the present paper being "The Fairbury Journal-News."
All this activity was spawned by the political reorganization this area was going through at the time. Originally identified
as Jones County, it was joined with Jefferson County to its west in 1867. When the counties redivided in 1871, the name,
"Jefferson," and early documents were taken by the eastern county. The newly organized town of Fairbury was chosen as county
seat over Meridian. Fairbury was made a station on the St.Joseph & Denver City Railroad that was built through the county at
that time.
In 1873 a fire-proof building was erected for use as a courthouse, the first brick building in Fairbury. A "proper
courthouse" was built on the public square in 1892. Stonecutters from England were employed for the job. When the structure
was completed the old one was sold. It still houses a business on the south side of the square. Fires on three occasions
caused extensive destruction. In 1903 all the businesses on the south side of the square burned, with the exception of the
old courthouse-building.
Cropsey & Champlin Mill, built in 1874, was water-powered and cable driven from the Little Blue River. In 1874 Col. Thomas
Harbine, a capitalist from St. Joseph, Missouri, established the first bank. By 1911 Fairbury had four banks. It is presently
served by several banks and savings and loan institutions. By 1874, just five years after the birth of Fairbury, there were 44 businesses and a population of 600.
In 1886-87, when the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line was built from Kansas City to Denver, Fairbury became a
division point with an 18-stall roundhouse and rail yards. Nearly 500 people were employed here by the Rock Island in its
peak years.
Among the various claims to fame are:
-- Fairbury was the home of the Campbell Bros. Circus. Once the second-largest circus in the world, it was housed here from
1892 until 1912.
-- Fairbury Windmills were manufactured and distributed all over the world from this location between 1899 and 1962.
-- E. J. Hested, who had a variety store in 1904, began rapid expansion in 1912 with "Hested Variety Stores" in many towns,
with his home office in Fairbury. In 1969 it merged with the Newberry Company, but later was phased out. Mr. Hested, who died
in 1949, helped Fairbury in many ways with tithes he contributed from his stores' proceeds. His gifts were used to start the
YWCA-YMCA camp south of town and the Bethel Chapel.
Fairbury is still a great town in which to live, raise a family, or retire. The Jefferson County Fair, the annual Fourth of July Flea
Market, and a Fall Festival, are events which make it an interesting town to visit.
(From material researched and developed by Estaline Carpenter.)
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Fairbury Steaks Time Line
1937 -- Fairbury Steaks parent company, Fairbury Lockers, opens.
1986 -- Dennis D. Brown purchases the company.
2002 -- October 9: www.fairburysteaks.com goes live on the Internet. Three other specialized web sites also go live this year.
2003 -- Our first print catalog is issued.
2004 -- The business is incorporated as Fairbury Steaks, Inc.
Summer 2004 -- We go online with our newly designed web site, www.fairburysteaks.com
Winter 2005 -- Our newly expanded print catalog is issued.
Fall 2005 -- Several new products are released, including Black Angus Filets, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Filets, and Ranch Hand Filets.
Spring 2006 -- Our new line of old-fashioned skinless red hot dogs comes out, in several sizes and packages. Also issued in a natural casing. Polish dogs are also introduced at this time.
Summer 2006 --The third edition of our print catalog is issued, bigger and better than ever before!
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