A driving force in the region’s economy for several decades, the factory ceased operations in 1967 and was demolished in the mid-1970s. The brick and wrought iron gates are a recognizable local landmark and prominent visual reminder of the critical role that the sugar beet factory played in the founding of Sugar City and the lives of its residents. The gates are the only surviving resource associated with the beet processing plant that once dominated the local landscape and employed much of its population.