The Hugus Company Mercantile in Saratoga J.W. Hugus once owned - TopicsExpress



          

The Hugus Company Mercantile in Saratoga J.W. Hugus once owned over twelve mercantiles in Southern Wyoming and Northern Colorado. At least seven of these stores included banks, and telephone switchboards were installed in the stores for communication between them. These mercantiles made up one of the wests first chains of general stores. The general store was a core business of the early western community that provided banking, postal service, groceries, hardware, catalog service and agricultural products all under one roof. Some of the Hugus stores even had areas partitioned off for use as saloons. The Hugus Company Mercantile in Saratoga was established in 1896, and the building is one of the oldest remaining historic buildings in the community.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:40:46 +0000

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