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H. Mueller, Gun Shop building, circa 1859. Mueller Co. was founded in 1857 by Hieronymus Mueller in Decatur, Illinois as "H. Mueller, Gun Shop". [3] Mueller closed the business briefly in 1858 to prospect for gold in Colorado, but returned to his business not long after, expanding it to include sewing machine and clock repairs and the sale of hunting and fishing equipment in addition to ...
Noble Bros. & Co Rome, Alabama: 1855 Various artillery pieces, artillery equipment Palmetto Iron Works Columbia, South Carolina: 1850 Model 1842 musket with bayonets, M1841 Mississippi Rifle, M1842 dragoon pistol, M1840 Cavalry saber, M1840 light artillery sabers, 10-inch shells, various small arms and ordnance J. C. Peck Atlanta, Georgia
James Gilbert Sterchi (June 23, 1867 – December 9, 1932) was an American businessman, best known as the cofounder and head of the furniture wholesaler, Sterchi Brothers Furniture Company. At its height, Sterchi Brothers was the world's largest furniture store chain, [ 1 ] with sixty-five stores across the southeastern United States and a ...
Miller's traced its history to the New York Racket Store, established in 1889 at 510 Market Street in Chattanooga by brothers Gus and Frank Miller. After a fire destroyed the Richardson Building in 1897, the brothers built a new store at Seventh and Market Streets that was known as Miller Brothers Department Store. [1]
Became Chattanooga News-Free Press in 1940, Chattanooga Free Press in 1993, and Chattanooga Times Free Press in 1999 [8] The Chattanooga Star: Chattanooga 1907 1908 Chattanooga Times: Chattanooga 1869 1999 [18] The Commercial Bulletin: Jackson 1880 [15] Knoxville Gazette: Knoxville 1792 1818 [16] Knoxville Journal: Knoxville 1991 [16] Knoxville ...
During World War II, the company produced pontoon boats and other equipment for the US Navy. [2] The company introduced the Dempster Dumpmaster, the first front-loading garbage truck, in the 1950s. The Dempster Brothers plant on Springdale Avenue in Knoxville consisted of eleven buildings on 27 acres (11 ha), and employed 450 workers. [4]
After this store burned, the brothers raised the money needed and began planning their new Miller Brothers Department Store in the downtown area of Chattanooga. The architect chosen was Reuben Harrison Hunt. The Miller Brothers Building was constructed in 1898 in a Victorian Romanesque style, initially with 110,000 square feet (10,000 m 2) of ...
The company had a total of 30 Big K stores and 32 Kuhn's Variety Stores, when they bought out the lease of a Sky City store in Greeneville, Tennessee in January 1972. [6] Big K expanded into South Carolina with the purchase of competing discount chain Edward's in September 1977, adding 33 stores, operated as subsidiary Big K-Edwards, to the ...