It has long been a rumor of local lore, echoing out of the dim past, that the Nabisco Company started in Mansfield.  This is sort of true.  It can also be said that Nabisco started in dozens of other cities as well because the National Biscuit Company was born as an amalgamation of 114 independent bakers all over the country.

Our city has a special claim, however, because the first president of the company was the baker from Mansfield, so in its newborn months and inaugural year the main office of the company was headquartered here.

This is how it happened.