Remembering Monarch Range

"Monarch" was one of the registered trademarks of the Malleable Iron Range Company, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The company was in business from 1896 until 1985, and was the manufacturer of stoves, refrigerators, heaters, furnaces, plus other items. This website is dedicated to the men and women who worked there.

Pricing: After receiving many inquiries as to how much Monarch/Paramount items are worth, I've decided to post what I've paid for the items on this website, along with any pricing I find from various sources.

It comes as a surprise to many folks to learn that the 13.5 acre area in central Beaver Dam, bounded by North Spring Street on the west, and Jackson Street on the east, manufactured products that figured in the settlement of the West, the exploration of Antarctica, two world wars, the making of the atomic bomb, and the recent energy crisis.

The story begins in 1896, when Silas McClure and A. C. Terrell established a stove factory in St. Louis, Missouri, and incorporated it in 1899 as the Malleable Iron Range Company with Monarch as a trademark (St. Louis ad; 1899 ad #1; 1899 ad #2). During the same time, the Dauntless Manufacturing Company operated in Omaha, Nebraska, with Oscar Millsap as president. (The story continued on the history page.)