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...four sons of Holland-born Sjoerd Bekins felt fenced in by the family's small moving business in Lincoln, Neb. In 1895, they set out in four directions (Omaha, Texas, California and Washington) to build the biggest moving & storage business in the world. They...
Facing bankruptcy, Martin Bekins thought up, built and personally operated a covered van which proved unexpectedly successful. In 1904, he introduced the first motorized van. When Sjoerd's grand son Milo (now 53, senior family member, and president of California Bekins) was ready to go to work in 1919, he had an already flourishing business to develop...
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