The First National Bank was incorporated in January 1891 as a successor to the Exchange Bank of J. H. Burnett and H.T. Goddard. The bank occupied the location on the square where the Bank of Marion now sits. Continue reading
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The village of Pittsburg in Section 35 of Lake Creek Township was platted and developed in 1906 by John Colp. He planned a new industrial community patterned after Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Around 1841, Capt. James Cunningham (father of Mrs. John A. Logan), Milton and Dr. Jonathon Mulkey saw the necessity of having a flouring mill for this region. Continue reading
G.J. Frick Cash Grocery was owned and operated by an interesting man named Gottlieb James Frick. Gottlieb and his wife Pearl appear to have opened the grocery around 1905 and then for reasons unknown moved to New Mexico for a short period around 1910. Continue reading
Damage was estimated at $90,000 Monday in a fire early Sunday which destroyed the two-story brick warehouse of the Fredman Furniture Co. and a frame dwelling nearby. Continue reading