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In 1998, Jack Kirkham Jr., who had worked on the company with his dad from the age of 14, purchased the business from his father. Jack Kirkham Sr. passed away in 2008 at the age of 90 after making significant contributions to the camping industry.<ref name=":1" /> He eventually held eight tent patents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Provo Daily Herald {{!}} 2008-06-21 {{!}} Page 7 |url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23606628 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=newspapers.lib.utah.edu |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019, Dwell Outdoors LLC purchased the business from Kirkham Jr. — renaming it Springbar — and moved it to its current ___location, in [[Millcreek, Utah]], just east of downtown Salt Lake City, where the company continues to manufacture Springbar canvas tents by hand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Springbar |url=https://companyweek.com/article/springbar |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=CompanyWeek |language=en}}</ref>
=== Sociocultural Impact ===
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