59 Years and Counting

FRANK MORRISON 1929-2004

Frank Morrison started in the fence business October 10,1949 in Lawton OK. He had purchased a fence from Dan Preston at a cost of $130.00 (to this day that fence still stands!) Dan was tired of selling fence, so he hired Frank to sell fence for him. The commission he was paid for every job was $10.00 and every fence he sold was the same $130.00 that his fence cost. Eventually, he had sold so much fence that Dan thought he made too much money and cut his commission to only $5.00 per job...

Frank was in the Army at the time and he worked selling the fence part time, but duty called and he had to go to Korea during the war. In 1955, still in the Army, he moved to Fayetteville N.C. and started Acme Fence Co., which is still in business and is one of the largest fence companies in North Carolina today. His Army career lasted 20 years, and was transferred often, but since the fence business was in his blood, every where the Army sent him he also worked for a fence company, so over the years Frank worked for several fence companies, in different locations; Honolulu, Hawaii; Youngstown, Ohio where he got aquainted with Tony Bruno; Denver, Colorado; and finally to Casper, Wyoming. It was then that he retired from the Army and moved to Colorado Springs to finally open his own fence company.

But there is more !!

From 1966 thru 1973 Frank owned and operated 3 fence companies in Colorado Springs; A&A Fence, Allied Fence and All American Fence. But in 1973 he felt like it was time to go back home, so they moved to Ardmore, Ok. He bought an existing company there, and changed the name to All American. In 1976 he decided Ardmore was too small and moved to Oklahoma City. Today, the company is called Morrison Fence and has employed children and grand children over the years and still does. Over 50 years in the fence industry, according to the American Fence Association, he has been involved in the fence industry longer than anyone else in the world. On September 3, 2004 Frank passed away,but his contribution to the industry lives on...