Jacob North Companies

And so it was in 1888, Mr. North founded the Pace, Williams & North Printing Company in the center of the world: Lincoln, Nebraska. At this time, the state itself was barely of drinking age! Convinced that this was his life calling, Mr. North separated from his associates and renamed the company Jacob North and Co.

With the aid of his four loving children, Mr. North ran the company until his unfortunate death on September 11th, 1899. As an ironic postscript, his company and an entire block of downtown Lincoln was consumed in a fire merely five days after his passing.

Undaunted, his family decided to continue his legacy by rebuilding and by 1900, the presses roared to life. This, friends, became the backbone of the never-say-die-attitude that would permeate the company for the next century and beyond.

In 1950, Jacob North’s grandson, Don North bought out his cousin “Sig” North to become the sole owner of the company. Over the next 25 years, the company changed hands multiple times. From Don North to the Lincoln Journal-Star in 1953, back to Don North in 1958, and then to David T. Calhoun in 1974 who later passed along ownership to his son, Charlie.

Today, Jacob North employs about 100 hard-working folks and is centrally headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska with customers all across America.