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8 | Morton Buildings berg. And, as if the advantages in afford- ability, flexibility and energy efficiency were not sufficient in themselves, Morton Building has added a few other benefits of its own – including a fifty-year, uncondi- tional snow-load warranty and five-year, unconditional wind warranty. EVOLVING EXPERTISE Morton Building has remained a family- run business after more than a century of operating which all harks back to a 1903 enterprise known as the Interlock- ing Fence Company. Established by the Getz Family, among the earliest of set- tlers in Morton, Illinois, the Interlocking Fence Company emerged as a major sup- plier to farmers, specializing in woven and barbed wire, posts, braces and gates which it sold through a mail order basis. Over time, the company expanded into the supply of roofing materials as well as other home goods, such as washing ma- chines. Perhaps, not quite the Sears Cata- log in total inventory, but for farmers in the Midwest, the company’s catalog was an anticipated compendium of readily ac- cessible, and necessary, goods. Morton Building still operates from the very same building featured on the cover of the In-