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Fabick Caterpillar is a Caterpillar dealership headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, United States. [1] It was founded in 1917 by John Fabick, Sr. [2]

In 1927, Caterpillar named the company its exclusive dealer in the St. Louis region. [2] [3] Fabick operates eighteen dealerships in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, in addition to selling their products at numerous other non-dealership locations. [4] It has more than 1,200 employees and $500,000,000 in inventory. [1] The company founded the Fabick Nature Preserve on the former site of the Fabick family mansion. [5]

In 2015, John Fabick Tractor merged with Fabco, which is owned by members of the Fabick family. [6] In February 2017 Vice President Mike Pence visited to commemorate 100 years of Fabick. [7] [8]

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