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Simple & Dynamic
Nowadays, marking flags are everywhere. From landscaping flags in your lawn to planting flags in your garden, stake flags are at work. They are simple, yet dynamic. Even their name changed based on the flag's purpose. No matter if you need survey flags or utility flags, BMC manufactures the mest marking flags in the world.
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Humble Beginnings in the Surveying Industry
Blackburn Mfg. Co. is a family owned firm. It was started in 1953 by E. A. “Bud” Blackburn in the basement of a small family homestead near Royal, Nebraska. Bud’s uncle worked in the surveying industry and used old lathe stakes as markers. He came to Bud and asked him if he could attach a piece of cloth or paper to a wire or wooden stick.
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