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Frank C. MarsFrank C. Mars was the founder of the American company Mars, Incorporated, which makes mostly chocolate candy. Mars and his son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&Ms. In the late 1920s, Frank C. Mars moved to Pulaski, Tennessee, where bought a number of local farms and constructed a large farm called Milky Way. During its construction, Mars employed more than 935 men from Giles County to build a 25,000 sq. ft. clubhouse, more than 30 barns, a horse racing track, and a show horse track. Mars lived the remainder of his life on the 2,800 acre farm and was buried there upon his death in the 1930s. However, Mars's wife Ethel had the body and the masoleum moved to Chicago only a few years after his death. Mars
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