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The store sells a sampling of high-quality local products from farm-fresh cheese and crackers to branded apparel, while the attached Old Sautee Market has been rated the town's No. 1 eatery for ...
The role of the country store extended beyond simple trade. It was a general store that provided a wide range of goods--pills, petticoats and plows and a hundred other items. The local federal post office was inside and there were benches outside for the bystanders. The farmers produced most of their own food, but they did buy necessities.
A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise. [1] It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all ...
In the South the general store was especially important after the Civil War, as the merchant was one of the few sources of seasonal credit available until the cash crops (usually cotton or tobacco) were harvested in the fall. There were very few nearby towns, so rural general stores and itinerant peddlers were the main sources of supply. [46 ...
Long before the reign of supermarkets and big-box retailers, general stores were the cornerstone of America's small towns. Here are 9 that patrons still love to visit.
In the second half of the 19th century, the store went by the name Slocum's Store, [16] until it was purchased by the Davolls at the start of the 20th century when its name changed to Davolls General Store. [17] The Davolls co-owned the store with Nancy Slocum and Australian whaler John Thomas Sherratt. [18] One of their employees was Chester ...
The store sold general merchandise, such as apparel, dry goods, hardware, home furnishings, and a selection of food, including takeout meals for stage passengers. For a short time, the two men were thriving merchants. Lincoln often slept in the back room of the store after a long night of reading. [5]
Pages in category "General stores in the United States" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .