Remember the ruins of the Peru brick factory? The following is information from Pat Molder in regard to 1927 population figures for Chautauqua County ... and some of the businesses that made their home in the respective towns.Cedar Vale - 1044 - Blacksmith, Auto Salvage, Beuoy Surgical Instruments, Lumber Yard (2), Grain, Jewelry, Produce, Filling Stations, Clothing & Shoes, Restaurants, Bakery, Plumbing, Billiards, Meat, Harness, Paint, Wallpaper, Batteries, Furs & Hides, Wool, Gift Shop
Chautauqua - 401 - Grocery, Drugs, Garage, Restaurant, Hotel
Cloverdale - 50 - Blacksmith, General Store
Elgin - 600 - Grocery, Dry Goods, Plumber, Blacksmith, Confectioners, Restaurants, Drugs, Shoe Repair, Hardware, Furniture
Hale - 10 - Grocery Store
Hewins - 300 - Drugs, Grocery (3), Hardware, Garage, Flour, Feed
Leeds - 60 - General Store and Garage
Lowe - 9 - General Store
Monett - 6 - General Store
Niotatze - 186 - General Store, Restaurant, Garage
Peru - 570 - General Store, Drugs, Garage, Shoemaker, Roofing Tile Manufacturing, Bakery, Lumber
Sedan - 1885 - Hardware, Photographer, Lumber Yard, Meat, Undertaker, Dry Goods, Produce, Feed, Restaurant, Furniture, Plumber
Springcreek - 8 - Springcreek Telephone Company
Wauneta - 75 - Drugs, General Store
Most likely your memory of these places in time would increase the number of businesses having a home in our towns. Pat states, "My, how times have changed. I don't know the population of Cedar Vale now ... but probably in the neighborhood of 700." Thank you, Pat ... for this very interesting information.
6 comments:
Wow, times HAVE changed. Remember in the early '50's the Peru Brick Factory was a full, standing building; now look at it.
Where was the second lumber yard in CV??
The list I have simply says: "Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lumber Co. (branch of Kansas City, MO) and Long-Bell Lumber Co. (branch of Kansas City, MO). My Uncle Forrest (Brownie) Brown, married to Marie Comer, (Annie Pate's and Cora Mattocks' sister) was manager of one of them years before my time. He was born and raised in Dexter.
I think it was Clyde Shaffer's BBM yard that was right behind the city offices?? Where was the other.?
Interesting article, Phil!
If memory serves me correctly, the Long-Bell Lumber Co. was sold to the Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lumber Co., before my Dad, Clyde Shaffer, became manager. The Long name refers to R.A. Long, well-known lumberman, with headquarters in K.C. Some of you may have heard of the Longview Farm in Lee's Summit, MO. Years ago, it was famous for its hackney horses, ridden most expertly by Lula Belle LONG Combs, R.A.'s daughter!
Point being that the Long-Bell Lumber Co. and B-B-M Lumber Co. were "housed" in the same lumber yard! If there was another "yard," I don't know about it!
Was there another little yard somewhere down close to the Santa Fe Addition??
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