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STREET 197 E STATE, o-op COMPLEX TOWN PEOPLE S C UP LEHI, UTAH COUNTY UPTOWN PEOPLE'S CO-OP COMPLEX Constructed: 1878 (197 East State) 1882 (189 East State) 1890 (173 East State) Present tenants: Lehi Barber Stylist (197 East State) Purple Pig Pizza (189 East State) Christiansen's (173 East State) For more than half a century Lehi's uptown and downtown business districts were dommated by outlets of the People's Co-op. When they fOlmd out where the new Utah Southern Railroad depot would be built on State Street, Thomas and William W. Taylor. Thomas R Cutler and others opened their People's Co-cperative Mercantile Institution. B~ commenced on .4 April 1872 in a fourteen-by-twenty-foot frame builditig at 206 Ea!t State. Lebi remained the railroad's terminal point for one year. Durmg dus bme the Co-op engaged in the forwarding busmess, owned a Bam Wagons agency. a farm machmery busmess. served as the shippmg agent for the Copperopolis Smelter m Mammoth. as well as several lumber mills m Amencan Fork Canyon The success of the Co-op was so great that a new t\W-story building, WIth basement • was completed across the street (173 East State) m 1878. The prosperity of the People's Co-op ultimately caused the 1880 ruination of the Lehi Umon Exchange, its principal competition downtown. The Co-op then obtained the former Exchange building on Main Street and renamed it The Branch Store. In 1882 the firm built an $8.500, durtyby-sixty-foot stone addition onto the west of the 1878-built store. In 1890 a new bnck building. to house the clothing and furrushings department. was built at 173 East State. In 1902 the largest co-op bwlding of all was built at 151 East State. In 1904 W. E. Racker bought The Branch SlOre. Although the Co-op connnued to prosper. II failed dunng the Depression. The largest building (now Chnstensen's) has been detailed on page 74. In January of 1937 Afton Giles purchased the feed department at 189 East State. After he moved one door east (197 East State) in 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Heber J. Webb opened a clothing store there. The Webbs' sold to K.irk Crabb m 1944 Then L~ R Webb establIShed Webb's Furnishings. a family clothing store. Leroy and Edna Gammon bought the store m 1950 and renamed it Edna's Shop. Freida Peterson and Ruby Sol,lthwick opened S and P Apparel there m 1959. The building was vacant for years before Arnold Cardon established his msurance agency. In 1979 Peck's Building Supply opened The Light Works ~ lbeJeny ,Harris family later established The Purple Pig Pizza Parlor there. In 1937 M. S. Lott established his plumbing business in the 1878-built store at 197 East State. Giles Feed Store moved there m 1939. In 1967 Wallace and Arlene Olsen purchased the building and established OutpOSt Annques there. In 1985 Adventure Land Video became established m the place. In 1988 the building was extensively remodeled by owners Ronald and Kermeth Peck. Lehi Barber Stylist is there now. In February 1938 Armond Webb, Leland Pnce. and Lowell Brown. former PCl clerks. opened The People's Store m the 189O-bwlt Co-q> building at 173 East State. In the summer of 1944 Webb purchased nearly all the former C<Hlp property. He resold most of the bwldings. but retamed sole ownership of the People's Store (later In 1947 the thirty-three- foot wtde Market) building was lengthened to sixty-three feet Five hundred frozen-food storage lockers were added for customer rental. The store was leased to Ralph Larsen in early 1959 and became Larsen's AG Market When Larsen moved from the store It was purchased by Christensen's, which also owns the larger building one door west. Until recently the firm operated Christensen's Wholesale Outlet there. To highlight the history of Its Lehl cooperanve mercantiles, ZCMl recently placed a replica of the onginal "all-seeing eye" ZCMl moniker on the original Co-op complex. At the same nme they placed one on downtown People's Co-op_ now OCCUPied by the Colomal House. The People's Co-op Mercantile Institution in 1882 :~s~~~ "::"~ "';"""':~'"~ People's Co-op in 1908 ora iIJ!.Ul reo [JJJ1 PURPi.E PIG I IPIZZA I Former People's Co-op complex as it looks today 21 A GUIDE TO LEHI CITY'S HISTORICAL SITES AND PLACES Published by the Lehi Historical Preservation Commission 1997 funded by grants from the I ;tah State Historical Society alld Lchi Cit~'Corporation UTAH HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY :~ .m,.. ~rl Co ;, ,f -:' '~'jS of 5 fte o'/mer 1/ /, J ,Q L. I 197 £ , Stg tr= Address of site (street and city) '- /?) / ----- . .f/U.ti !La ~ f!.-_..L-.J_-L/-/:s.e.n h ,. (j/ . - - ' - - - - L~'t2 _-.£4..L7__ ._ .rLai~ __ ~i. 2. 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Address Telephone 1ft() °2£, • E, ~~-J ~~ v~~ ~~ (2/S~ n 51 a 1¢ S 1. 13. y - 2 9 t/~ • O U _ ·t-- (J Form submitted by: Name _ ~lA-;'~ r7'~. • County LeI, " LA1a. )1 --~~~~-------------- 10. GroUP of early Saints outside the ~eople'S Store in lehi, Utah. 11. Mine IS s~ow!, with his family in SpringVille, Utah. Many early miners set up housekeeping in tents. 12. A grou\? of men are shown with newly cut timber at the lohn Burt mill in southern Utah. 13. GroUP of skaters on Murphy'S lake in Salina Utah 14. Ether and' his in front of their home in Springville. The Blanchards were musicians for the early gathenngs of the Saints in Springville. 15. Children of L Christian Otteson take turns milking the family BI~nchard fa~ilY f BEGINNINGS OF BUSINESS LIFE to age lar\uel 1M. ~ es ~ . ed d t r city the distributing center for goods shipped to the towns of the south. Many of the men obtained profitable employment in freighting, and in addition much money was spent in the city by freighters from other . districts. Furthermore, a . narrow gauge line was constructed to American Fork Canyon to tap the smelting being done there in the Miller and other mines. This proved profitable to Lehi, both as a market for goods and in furnishing work in hauling supplies and ore. In the station, the railroad operated a telegraph system and placed it in charge of Miss Barbara Evans who had returned from Farmington. The old qtah Southern has been succeeded by the Union Pacific, and at present by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway. I ( I d e , I I 127 THE PEOPLE'S CO-OPERATIVE INSTITUTION. Of the various business concerns which sprang up around the Utah Southern station only one took permanent form-The People's Co-operative Institution. In anticipation of the arrival of the railway, and its resulting · value to adjacent real estate and business, Thomas R. Cutler had, in 1871, a year previous to the coming of the railroad, commenced a mercantile business in a little adobe building, fourteen by twenty feet, built by William W. Taylor on the southeast corner of Second East and State Streets. Cutler conducted the business alone during the first year, but the advent of the Utah Southern made additional help necessary. Accordingly he employed William Hutchings, who assumed charge of a meat marWILLIAM BONE. SR. ket, and Edwin Stand ring. James W. Taylor, on April 4, 1872, secured the first license for the store from the City Council. The same year, on December 21, the company incorporated under the name of People's Cooperative Institution, with a capital stock of $28,000.00, divided into 700 shares of a part value of $40.00. James W. Taylor was elected president, Isaac Goodwin, vice-president; Thomas R. Cutler, secretary-treasurer, and Samuel Briggs, William Bone, Sr., and Jesse Smith, directors. In addition to the ordinary mercantile business, the "People's Co-op," as it has since been 128 I HISTORY OFLEHI called, engaged, conjointly with Ira D. Wines, in the forwarding business, as long as Lehi remained the terminal point of the Utah Southern. The company also purchased the agency of Bain wagons and farm machinery from Howard Sebree, and operated a lumber yard. For a time it also acted as the shipping agent for the Copperopolis smelter in Mammoth, sending the ore from . that plant to Boston: Nor was its activity confined to these things. Essaying the part of manufacturer, the "Co-op" produced the first commercial.made shoes in the Territory, and the first furniture. The shoe shop, under the direction of Edward SO'!thwick, made 'an excellent grade of boots, shoes and women's shoes, most of which were sold to the Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution in Salt Lake. Peter Loutensock had charge of the furniture department. Later methods, which could produce goods more cheaply, eventually drove the "Co-op" out HANS HAMMER of the manufacturing business. Thomas R. Cutler continued as manager of the company until April 29, 1893, when he resigned to assume control of the affairs of the Utah Sugar Company. William E. Racker, who had acted as assistant manager for some time, was selected as his successor. Under Racker's direction prosperity continued to attend the enterprise, so much so that in 1899 the capital stock was increased to $100,000.00, of which $60,000.00 was paid up. February 3, 1903, Manager Racker accepted a call for a mission to Denmark, and his duties fell upon Samuel I. Goodwin, who has since successfully directed the affairs of the company. From time to time the corporation has added to its stock and premises, until today the People's Co-operative Institution is as modern, efficient, and successful a mercantile plant as can be found in the whole State. L--- THE UVERY BUSINESS. The livery business in Lehi had a peculiar beginning. In April, 1877, James Harwood, who at that time was a postmaster and 'carried the mails, desired a vacation, and so hired Hans Hammer to act in his absence. Having bought Harwood's buggy and physician, c return. One quired the there. With strangers w: Harwood's t which imme runaway. T Street, wher hail storm d, on the north ducted. A h Roney by na, when he die sons assumel left George Brothers' Li vehicles and The SUIl trans-contine chose to com Its advent fu because most them David 1 road was a ] and equipped As the cessful in thl the arrival 0 was made to Thomas F. 1 this venture, store in June of this store. ' of Salt Lake his holdings continued but and Trane co In 1894, thro was discontill L'TAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clipping Service [phone] LEHI FREE This 1915-era photograph depicts the uptown People'. Co-op. These buildings are still 8taDding today. People's Co-op dominated Lehi business districts for 50 years By RICHARD VAN WAGONER For more than half-a-century, Lehi's uptown and downtown busineu districts were dominated by the main and branch outlets of the People's Co-op, a ZCMI affiliate. The two local stores were situated more than a mile apart. To facilitate communication between the two divisions in the early 1880's, a non-electrical telephone system was installed. W. F. Butt, a clerk in the upper store, described the phone line·as being a single wire nine blockain length stretched tight between the two stores. The receiver at each end consist.d of "a square flared box Lehi Yesteryears Screaming "murder," and firing his pistol, Phillips frightened away the would be thief. Marshal Joseph Roberts and policeman Thomas Wood lOOn arrived and began a search for Tracy. In the meantime another train came slowly through the area and eighteen-year-old Ed Southwick, later to become Lehi's mayor, jumped ofT to walk to his more freely into town. On July 16, 1891 the Lehi Commercial It Savings Bank, under president Thomas Cutler, was temporarily established in the People's Co-op while a new bank building was being built on the site of the original People's Co-op store (206 East State). The following month, for the first time .in the firm 's history, the quarterly dividends ofthe Co-op (3 percent) were paid in cash rather than scrip. Much of this was likely deposited in the new bank, which was paying 5 percent interest. ManagerCutler,wholivedacross the street from the uptown Co-op, This 1915-era photograph depicts the uptown People's Co-op. These buildings are still standing today. People's Co-op dominated Lehi business districts for 50 years By RICHARD VAN WAGONER For more than half-a-century, Lehi's uptown and downtown businau districts were dominated by the main and branch outlets of the People's Co-op, a ZCMI affiliate. The two local stores were situated more than a mile apart. To facilitate communication between the two divisions in the early 1880's, a non-electrical telephone system was installed. W. F. Butt, a clerk in the upper store, described the. phone line as being a single wire nine blocks in length stretched tight between the two stores. The receiver at each end consisted of "a square flared box like a hom or speaking trumpet" with the wire connected to a brass button in the center of a "piece of hogskin" stretched tight like a drum. "To call attention of one store to the other," wrote Butt, "A mallet [was] struck several times .... The speakers voice could be heard all over the Receiving Room and the wind on the wire caused a hummey noise{.] [T]his was disconnected when the 'Bell' telephone installed their system between Salt Lake Lehi • Provo Saturday August 13, 1887." Installation of the new Bell Telephone system was not the only change at the People's Co-op in the late 1880's. For a time during 1889, PCI (for People's Co-operative Institution) maintained three stores in town. Management purchased the old Lehi Music Hall at 529 North Center and converted it into an auxiIi,ary store under Prime Evans's supervision. In the fall of1890 the uptown C0op was the seene of an attempted burglary which nearly coat the liva. of two Lehi men, Charles Phillips and Edward Southwick HI. It was the duty of nightwatchman Phillips to step outside the Co-op and walk around the building whenever trains passed. On the eve of Nov. IS, 1890, as he was returning to the store, he was clubbed over the head by bandit Harry Tracy. more freely into town. On July 16, 1891 the Lehi Commercial & Savings Bank, under president Thomas Cutler, was temporarily established in the People's Co-op while a new bank building was being built on the site of the original People's Co-op store (206 Screaming "murder," and firing East State). The following month, his pistol, Phillips frightened away for the first time in the firm's his-· the would be thief. Marshal Joseph tory, the quarterly dividends of the Roberts and policeman Thomas Co-op (3 percent) were paid in cash Wood soon arrived and began a rather than scrip. , search for Tracy. In the meantime Much of this was likely deposanother train came slowly through ited in the new bank, which was the area and eighteen-year-old Ed paying 5 percent interest. Southwick, later to become Lehi's Manager Cutler, who lived across mayor, jumped otT to walk to his the ;street from the uptown Co-op, home. did lnot ignore the interests of the As Southwick was passing downtown store. The Branch, through the alleyway between the though with a smaller inventory main Co-op building and the stone than the main store, also had a shoe granary, the lawmen, thinking he shop and a butcher shop . .was the bandit, prepared to gun During the fall of 1889 the old him down. shoe shop on the east of the main "My God, boy, you were taking a building was demolished and a new desperate chance!" the relieved general merchandise store built. On marshal said when he recognized April 29, 1893 Cutler (who was also Southwick. After being told of the general manager of the Utah Sugar circumstances of his near-shooting Company) resigned as superintenSouthwick wrote he ·was so fright- dent of the People's Co-op. William ened that I could hardly walk home." E. Racker, who had been serving as Tracy was captured the follow- assistant superintendent at the Coing day, Phillips quickly recovered, op for some time, was selected to be and Ed Southwick lived to tell his Cutler's successor. great-grandch ildren of the incident. Prosperity continued under Thomas Cutler, relieved that no Rackers management. The Dec. 28, lives were lost, pressed on with new 1893 -Lehi Banner" extensively deconstruction at the Co-op. Antici- tailed the business of the uptown pating increased business from the Co-op at the end of Racker's first Lehi Sugar Factory, he erected two year of management. The firm was . new buildings to the west of the stocked with $75,000 worth ofgoods. uptown store. One of these housed Twenty clerks were employed and agricultural implements and the the previous Saturday's sales were other displayed furniture and stoves. reported as $1,500. By 1898 a wagon department By 1896 the 1878-built store had had been created to the west of the become the grocery and hardware main compound. The coal and lime department. The 1882-built stone yard was also greatly enlarged in addition housed the shoe and dry the area east of the stone granary. goods concerns, where cloth sold for During construction of the Lehi. 2 cents to $2 per yard. Sugar Factory, and for some time The 1890-built brick building to afterwards, workers received their the west was stocked with clothing pay in Co-op scrip. But as the sugar and furnishings. The building farindustry boomed, cash'began toflow See YESTERYEARS on page 2 Lehi Yesteryears 7L~ • Yesteryears: Co-op dominated Lehi's bu~ Racket', gave a speech. Afterward tainment business until 1928. At us work tI~ thet' west was the furniture and the group moved to the dancing that time it was necessaty to divest other and in stove department, where cevery_ room in the Lem Commercial and itself of the theaten due to the is no otbeJ , thing is kept from the common Savings Bank. . weakening mercantile business. . bett8l' LeJ6.. kitchen chair to the fine upholstered . ·When Rackerreturned from his The loss ofPCI business can be Unfortur parlorsuit.-Thestovelineincluded , mission in the summet' of 1904 he attributed to several facton. AI-Crashed six selections from the Cone burner coal purchased the downtown Co-op thoufJh a gasoline pump and two Great Dept. oUstove to the latest improved steel branch. This S9,000 transaction in"; six-hundred-gallon tanks were in- on many An ranges.cluded the lumberyard and all the . stalled in front of the store in 1916, ;nomic hard ' To the rear of the furniture and buildings in the lOB-foot frontage - the age of the automobile made it ent compan stove building in 1896 was a large - but none of the store goods. easy to shop in other communities. . In the faU assortment offarming implements, Racket' Mercantile opened for The Co-op remained Lehi's larg- , ment annot· barbed wire, heavy hardware and business on Aug. 6, 1904. To adveT'- est mercantile, but other 1oc:alstores doning 20 • iron, and pipe of all sizes and de- tisetheconsolidationofitsbusiness began to achieve success as well. ing the LeI-. scriptions, as well as a full line of interests, the People's Co-op an- . Broadbent's(l28NorthFintEast), Many < oils and paints. nounced in the Aug. 4, 1904 -Lehi Larsen Brother's Market (155 West branches,w The lumberyard in 1896 otT~ . Banner- that "The 'Branch is dead,' Main), Booth Brothen (2 Weet Main) merchants customized "field and fancy fene- long live the MAIN STORE of Power'sShoeStore(415NorthFirst eTty, with 1 ing"inaddition to a largastockoffir People's Co-op on State Street." The East), M. S. LottPlumbing& Elec- was sold pI lumber from Oregon and redwood following year the Co-op divested trica1(24 Weet Main), Watson MerIn Janut. from California. The harness and itself further by selling its livery cantile(86WestMain),andWagstaff chased the shoe factory~t this point was em- . busineaa to Qeorgeand Joseph Ham- ClothingStore(l20WestMain)were . EastStar.e. ploying four men full time. The en- mer. all suc:c:esaful concerns in the mid- east (193 E tire uptown Co-op then had a staff In 1912 the People'. Co-op, un- to-Iate 1920's. and Mrs. 1-:. of 25 men and girls. der manager Goodwin's direction, Sam Goodwin, former PCI man- clothing at In 1899 the People's Co-op capi- purchased nearly an entire block of ager,al80joinedcompetition in 1926 merly been talizationwasincreasedto$l00,OOO, property immediately to the west of when he opened hi.s Goodwin's . TheysO< of which S60,OOO was fully paid. In their large store. This included the Golden Rule in the eastern half of in 1944. L: the first two yean of the new cen- UnionHotel,PeterLarsen'.Butd\et' the Racker Building (173 West the place j . turyRacker supervised dramatic Shop, and the three Wines' Cot- Main). a family (I, expansions of both the uptown and tages on the wa.t side ofFint East. In the single decade, 1926-36, EdnaGam downtown stores. The company then moved their the troubled PCI had at least six January 1£ In the spring of 1900 the original lumber and coal yards from north of ditferentmanagers --Sam Goodwin, Edna's Sh downtown building (T & W Taylor! the railroad tracks to the northeast A. K. Chatfield, Ward Evans, Jr., C. Ruby Solit Lehi Union Exchange) was demol- cornerofStateandFtntEast(Peck's E. Walker, Charles Robbins, and Apparel t} ished and a large two-story brick Building Supply today). On.e of the Armond Webb. ' vacated ~ facility started. This building(pres- most interesting features at the old Co-op directon took great pride for conside . ently the west half of the Colonial lumberyard had been a pneumatic in 1929 that they could purchase all Cardon ~ , House) at 189 West Main was com- tube connection to the main store. local poultry, eggs, beef, pork, lamb, agency tho pleted in early 1901. The 1889-built This system, which carried cash butter, hay, and grain. NO,exchange In 197f pomon of the store then became the and small packages, was also in- for trade was involved as in former openedTh hardware department. stalled at the new lumberyard loea- years, but instead full value paid in cash. In 1902 the Co-op management tion in 1924. The Union Hotel, which had been The April 4, 1929 "Lehi Sun" initiated construction of a 22,000square-foot building at the uptown only marginally successful undet' carried an interview with Co-op sitef].';1 East ~tate), TJUl8tructure , ..i~ p~vious ownership', was remC?d- manager Kelsey Cha\field. . (Christensen's today) was completed eled and refurbished by the Co-op -We are on the eve of a very in the spring of 1903. It was one of managament.Butitneverregajned prosperous period," he observed, -tet the tint stores in Lehi to be wired its former popularity and in 1914 " was converted into a movie housefor electricity. The June 4,1903 "Lehi Banner- -The Royal Theatre. commented that it was a pleasure to The place achieved immense sucdo business there .because there cess under Sam Goodwin's managawere Cno dark coman.· The build- ment. Four yean after the theater ingwas also thefint in Lehi to have opened the .Co-op expanded its encement sidewalks. "This is some- tertainment interests by leasing the thing new in our city: commented formerdowntownLehiOpet"aHouse : the April 9, 1903 -Lehi Banner,· (154 West Main). They called their cand we hope to see our merchants new business the National Theatre. on main street soon do likewise and Manager Goodwin not only sehelp make our city look more metro- cured the highest quality films and politan" , road shows, butal80 link~ the theW. E. Racker was called on a atars with themereantile byis.uing miasion to Denmark in early 1903. PCI tickets (for People's Co-operaA festive retirement party was held tive Institute). For each $1 spent at on his behalf in the Union Hotel. the Co-op patrons were given a PCI After clinnet' Co-op president Tho- ticket worth. 5-cent discount on a mas Cutler presented Racket' with movie ticket (adults 2O-cents; chila S240 gold watch. Samuel I. dren 10 cents). Goodwin, who was succeeding The Co-op remained in the enter- Continued from front page • Free Press - Wednesday, July 15, 1992 - Page a ., )·op domInated LehI s business district for over 50 years ve a apeech. Afterward moved to the dancing ! Lehi Commercial and nk. IlCker returned from hia the .ummer of 1904 he the downtown Co-op a $9,000 transaction inlumberyard and all the I the 108-foot frontage,fthe .tore goods. Mercantile opened for Aug. 6, 1904. To adverlolidation ofi t.s busi ness he People's Co-op anthe Aug. 4, 1904 -Lehi It "'llte 'Branch is dead,' :he MAIN STORE of ·op on State Street." The ear the Co-op divested er by selling its livery Jeorge and Joseph Hamthe People's Co-op, unGoodwin's direction, ,early an entire block of mediately to the west of itore. This included the I, Peter Larsen's Butcher the three Winea' Cot! west side of First Eaat. pany then moved their coal yards from north of I tracks to the northeast lteand First East (Peck's Ipply today). One of the ,ting features at the old I had been a pneumatic etion to the main store. n, which carried caah packagea, was also in'e new lumberyard locat. to Hotel, which had been nally .uccessful under . ownership', was rem~­ ·furbished by the Co-op 'It. But it never regained ')()pularity and in 1914 ~r tainment busineas until 1928. At that time it was neceasary to divest itself of the theaters due to the weakening mercantile businesa. The loss of PCI business can be attributed to several factors. Although a gasoline pump and two six-hundred-gallon tanks were installed in front of the store in 1916, the age of the automobile made it easy to shop in other communities. The Co-op remained Lehi'slargest mercantile, but other local stores began to achieve auccess as w(>11. Broadbent's (128 North Firat East), Larsen Brother's Mark.t(l5S W.st Main), Booth Brothen(2West Main) Power's Shoe Store ( 415 North First East), M. S. Lott Plumbing & EI(>ctrical(24 WeatMain), Watson Mercanti le(86 West Main), and Wagstaff ClothingStore(120WestMain) were all successful concerns in the midto-late 1920's. Sam Goodwin, former PCI manager, allOjoinedcompetition in 1926 when he opened his Goodwin'a Golden Rule in the eaatern half of the Racker Building (173 West Main). In the single decade, 1926-36, the troubled PCI had at least six differentmanagers--Sam Goodwin, A. K. Chatfield, Ward Evans, Jr., C. E. Walker, Charles Robbins, and Armond Webb. Co-op directors took great pride in 1929 that they could purchase all loca I poUltry, eggs, beef, pork. la mb, butter, hay, and grain. No.e xchange for trade was involved as in former yeRrs, but instead full value paid in cash. The April 4, 1929 -Lehi Sun" carried an interview with Co-op manager Kelsey Cha~field . -We are on the eve of a very proeperous period," he observed, ~et us work together helping one another and in this manner, (for there is no other way) build a bigger and better Lehi." Unfortunately the atock market crashed six months later and the Great Depression fell like nightfall on many American businesses. Economic hardship struck ZCMI. parent company of the People's Co-op. In the fall of 1937 ZCMI management announced that it was abandoning 20 retail branches, including the Lehi business. Many of the former ZCMI branch(>s were quickly sold to local merchants. But the large Lehi property, with its numerous buildings, WR. sold piecemeal. InJanuary 1937 Afton GilE's purchased the feed department at 189 Eut State. After he moved one door east (193 East State) in 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Heber J. Webb opened a clothing store where Giles had formerly been. They !loon sold out to Kirk Crabb in 1944. Lynn R Webb remodeled the place into Webb's Furnishings, a family clothing store. Leroy and Edna Gammon bought Webb out in January 1950 and renamed the store Edna's Shop. Freida Peterson and Ruby Southwick opened Sand P Apparel there in 1959. After lhey vacated the building it was empty for considerable time befo.-e Arnold Cardon established his insurance agency there. In 1979 Peck's Building Supply opened The Light Works which car- ried light fixtures. The Jerry Harris family later remodeled it into The Purple Pig Pilza Parlor which remains in business there today. In 1937 M. S. Lott established his plumbing business in the 1878built store at 193 East State. Stan GiI(>s moved his Giles Feed Store there in 1939. For the next 28 years he carried a -complete line of Grain, Flour, Baled Hay, Cedar Post, Poultry Suppliea, etc." In 1967 Wallace and ArleneOlsen purchased the building and elftabIished Outpost Antiques there. In 1985 Adventure Land Video became established in the place when the Olsena moved their business downtown. Shortly before Adventure Land closed in 1988, the building was extensiv(>ly r(>mod(>l(>d by owners Ronald and Kenneth Peck. Attractive gray-and-white vinyl siding covered the wooden false front, though the original blue-rock limestone is still visible on the east and north walls of the building. Lehi Barber Stylist is the current tenant. In February 1938 Armond Webb, Leland Price, and Lowell Brown, former . PCI clerks, opened The People's Store in the former Co-op building at 173 East State. In the aummer of 19« Webb purchased nearly all the former Coop property from the ZCMI real eststedepartment. Though he resold most of the buildings, he retained sole ownership ofthe People's Store (later Market). In 1947thethiTty-threefootwide building was lengthened to sinythree feet. Five hundred frozen-food storage lockers were added foreultomer rental. Thestorewa. leaeed to Ralph Larsen in e"rly 1959 and became Larsen's AG Market. When Lanen moved from the .tore it wa. purchased by ChristenMn'. and boarded up in the front in order to use the facility primarily for storage. The largest Co-op building at 151 East State became a roller .kalinlf rink in February 1939. In July 1948 Harry Gra.. leased the place and established Gra .. Furniture, which featured house-. hold furnishings, carpeling, drap(>ry, and the IIlogan, -Oh, Go to Grass." In 1955 C. F. Evan. opened a wholesale war surplus atore th...e. For a brief time an.r Evan. cloeed, Frances Comer operated another roller skating rink. In the .pring of 1960 Christensen Department Stores purchased the building and have since that time operated a wholesale warehouse fortheirchain of stores and 50me 65 other establishments throughout the western states. Recenlly ZCMI hu expressed considerable interest in our old People's Co-op buildings. They anticipateplacinga replica of the original ZCMI sign on one of the State Street buildings. Lehi may once again be graced with the presence of the -all-seeing eye" moniker. JUl 0 B 1992 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION ClippinK Sen'ice [phone] LEIII FREE (+People's Co-operative was heart of Lehi's early mercantile ventures By RICHARD VAN WAGONER Nin .. teenth-eentury LDSchurch leader. were opposed to 'proliteering Sainu," and generally frowned on the proliferation of mercantile .. tRbliahmt'nts in Zion. Brigham Young. ateeped in early Mormon communal experimenta in Ohio. and Mi ..ouri, WRS particularly critical ofm .. rchants who failed tou.e their profit. in building up th .. kingdom. To counter non-Mormon or lukewarm Mormon bUllneoom ..n Young .ncour~dcooperativ@mark@ting. ThIs George E. Aaderwon photograph depicts the uptown People'. Co-op In 1884. The Lehl the right .• Ide of the .tructure while Purple Pig Pizza i. ~r StyUst presently occupie. 'Why not appoint in every ward in the territory," he asked in 1865. "a good businesoman who illill ..d with integrity and truth ·to mah contact for the people of the ward and lettheconvention pri"". be the ruleornots.. lI. Whynotdrawmon ..y for our grain and .pend it our.elves in.t.. ad of allowing tho.e who have no intere.t with U8 to handle it for u. and pocket fortunes which we .hall enjoy and layout in redeeming the earth and building up the kingdom of god in all the world." Young'. opinions lilter.. d down to local I..aders. including Lehi'o Bishop David Evans. Evan.·a oon Israel. while serving as a Mormon missionary in Great Britain from 1853-57. vioited an early cooperative mercantile at Rochdal ... England . This co-op wa. founded ir{ 1844 by 28 worker., moat of whom were low-paid weaven. - - ........ "IIS I.ldT w ooa, "would , of course, deal at their own store." By the opring of 1869, all locRI merchant. had either bf.'en forc ...d out of bu. in ... . or had sold out to the Exchange. A Lehi correspondent wrote in the May 26, 1869 ·Des..ret , Evening News" that 'about a week ago the Bi.hop and the directors of our Co-operative store purchased the .tore and good. of Brother Thomas Taylor. of this pia"". al.o the good. ofBr. [Hansl Hammer. which leaves u. with one store 'The Lehi Union Exchange.m The Exchange management for some time had needed larger quaru-rs for their slono- '!'l. ___ -'- .. "..,."raham Smoot encouraged management to build a larger store rather than have to pRy out .u~h high divid .. nd • . Accordingly a new two-story· building with basement was completed across the street in 1878 by mRsons Carl Carl",n, J. Wiley Norton , and John Andreason . This 30- by 60-foot rock store, the right halfofthebuildingin today's photograph wa. up-to-date in all respect. -- the lirst bUilding in town to have a galvanized roof. The prosperity of the People'. Co-operativ .. Institute cllused the ruination of the Lehi Union J;'v chanVI' '1'1-- - . - - n"arlytoth.. ceiling. ArrRngpd Roout th~ noor WA~ 8 multitude of crate!, k"KS. and barrel. brimming with cTACkpr!l, sugar, vinegar, nour, Rnd moIAsSf's; canisters of condiments Rnd spices; and .acks of sl'890nal produce. The clerk'. counter was lined with glass jars ofstriped candy sticks, J'l'Ppermint twist • • and horehound drops. The .tores were wonderfully aromatic. Long-ago shoppers remember the pungent acent of cigars and plug tobacco, boot and belt leather. fresh-ground rn"'-- oU~lne9S 89 dirl'ClI'd by Peter Loull'nsock WAS able to craft "h.. avy goods" such R9 lounge., cupbo"rds. "nd burp"us. In late 1885 a 100- by 20-foot lumber shed at the uptown store WR" built north ofth .. railmad tracks by Loutensock, H"nry Lewis. Jo.eph Ashton. and Franz Salzner. This was design ..d to shelter the company's drl'Ssed doors. windows "nd mouldings. which ';'ere bein~ manufacluredbyAbeGudmundsen Jim Evans. and Jim Gaddie. Th~ downtown store al.o had a lumberyard on the lIOuthwest corner of Main and Second W.... Lehl Yesteryears Conf@ren",,"p.,.,.,h. 'Fivemonthl af\erthey had com menced their retailltor.. on thi8 cooperative.Yltem,"th@churchpr... ident.aid,·they.truckadividendto 8M what th ..y had mad .. , and thpy found thatev ..ry man who had paid in tw .. nty-liv .. dollan, the pric.. of a hra ..1 and David Evanl became Ihare. had a fpw cenh OVl'r twpntyconvinc..d that a co-op, roughly pat- pight doll." handed book or cn-dtern..d after the Rochdalopl.n.oould Ited to him. II not thi. crupi? I. not luc:ceed in Lehi. Bilhop Ev.nl called th il a .hame? It il ridicu lou. to a m ....ting.ttended by Isr.el Evan.. think that they a... making mnn .. y William Wanla .. , John.o rut. Did they ... 11 th .. ir g(W,d. Zimmerman. William Clark. Tho- cheaper than the pl'opl .. of L.. hi ma. R. Jon .... Andrew A. Peteroon, could buy them before? Y.... Did Jooeph A. Thomas. and Jam ... Q. theyfetchth .. good.tothl'm?O.y .... Powell. Th@ Lehi Union Exchange and yet they made mon ..y .... That wao capitalized in early 1868 with come. the nearest to keeping th .. $350 worth of ltack i.oued in $25 c.h and uting it of anything 1 share.. know." The com pany'. omc@n were The Lehi Union Exchange pr.. Bishop David Evan •• pre.ident; ced..dchurch -widecooJ'l'rativ.. m ... rWilliam Wanl85o, secretary; John chandi.ing by more than two Zimmerman. treasurer; and I.rael month •. Thelir.t stepo toward. this Evans, William Clark, Thoma. R. large-ocale ..ndeavor wer.. takl'O in Jones, and Andrew A. PeterllOn, di- September when Brigham Young rector.. lugge.ted that the Mormon J'l'Ople On July 23,1868 derk William shouldnot"tradeanother~nt."w.ith Wanless open .. d the mercantile'. a man 'whodOl's not pay h •• t.thmg doors in a omall building on the and h .. lp gath ...r the poor, and pray northwest corner of Third West and in his family." First South . The Exchange, 80 Church leaders further encour. named because people could ex- aged membero to deal ao much as change their produce for store goodo, possible with thOle in full f.. llow- met with immediate OUtteso--80 ship in the church. Bilhop David much 110 that Brigham Young com- Evanowentaofarin a Feb. 25.1871 mented on it during an April 6. 1869 See YESTERYEARS on pac., S Gpnp~al 16· Yesteryears: People's Co-op Continued from front page wOl'1lhip _"Ice ..to swear -an oath direetors. built store, making the overaUsize Co-op was basically an exchange that he would not trade with those The People's Co-op opened for 60 by 60. The seeond story of this mercantile. Farmers and ranchers who did not belong to the church.- business on April 4,1872 in a 14- by portion became a harness shop in brought in their excelS grain, hay, The bishop allO had hiB councilors 20-foot ·wooden shant~ on the 1887 under the direction ofIke Tay- potatoes, wool, hogs, and beef anido the same and then requested -all southeast eomer of State and See- lor. mals. Their wives came with eggs, present to do also.Both the uptown and downtown butter, cheese, and dried fruit. In ond East. Thomas R. Cutler and Retail church-wide rooperative William W. Taylor were the store's Co-op were general stores and much exchange they received Co-op serip merchandising depended on a suc- original clerk a, but William more. TheystockedeveMhingfrom (due bills) for the value of their cessful parent emporium -- the Hutehings and Edwin Standring coal oil to calieo to canned oysters. goods. wholesale store. The ·constitution were later employed. This serip could then be used as Not an inch of space was wasted. and bylaws of the Zion's CooperaLehi remained the terminal point Dry goods (fabric), includingcali- currency to purchase needed items tive Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) for the Utah Southern Railroad for roes, tickings, cht>eks, dress silks, -- but on Iy from the Co-op. The store were approved on Oct. 24, 1868. one year. During this time the denims, stripes, factory. and shirt- profited immensely from this arWithin lix weeks after the March 1, People's Co-op engaged co-jointly ing were stackf'!d high behind the rangement. The exchanged goods 1869 opening of ZCMI, 78 retail with Ira D. Winea in the forwarding ciE'rk's counter. Shelves of clothing, wt're sold to distant markets where stores were operating throughout business. The Co-op also purchased hats, groceries,.queenswart', crock- they brought top prices. Carloads of the church. By 1870 no known ward a Bain Wagons agency and a farm ery, cutlery, edge tools, ropes and grain, wool, and lumber from Amerior settlement was without a roop- machinery business from Howard twine, wallpaper, paper shades, can Fork Canyon Wf'!re shipped reguerative mercantile. Sebree. For a time it also acted as fireboards, books, stationery,lIChool larly from the Co-op railroad yard. The Lehi Union Exchange, a the shipping agent for the supplies, and patent medicines ran Manager Cutler wall ev~r alert to ZCMI subsidiary, was initially rea- Copperopolis new business po8sibilitiH and imsonably successful because m08t Smelter in Mamprovements. Until 1882 the comMormons in town saw it as their moth, and several The stores were wonderpany had been supporting three boot religious duty to purchase an inter- lumber mills in factories, two uptown and one down. fully aromatic. Long-ago est in the store. Bishop David Evans American Fork Cantown. At this time they were amal. wrote Brigham Young on April 2, yon. shoppers remember the gamated, under Edward 1869 that"Cooperation at this place Southwick's supervision, into a Once Lehi was no pungent scent of cigars is doing very well meets with good longer the terminus singledepartmentcapableofmanusuceesa. There are now 71 stock for the railroad, virand plug tobacco, boot factuTing a hundred pairs of shot's holders and the shares taken by tually all uptown and boots per month. and belt leather, freshthose 71 persons amounts to 200 businesses except Though it was difficult to comshares $25 -- Each making $5000 .. the Co-op withered ground coffee, choice teas, pete with imported items, particu. We have a '1'1 ice little stock of goods away. The success of larly smaller ones, the Co-op's furspices galore ... now on han d amounting from 3 to 4 the Co-op was so niture manufacturing business as Thousand dollars worth." direeted by Peter Loutensock was great that Utah "Most of the people taking stock Stake President able to craft "heavy goods" such ss lin the co-opl,~ wrote James Abraham Smoot enlounges, cupboards, and bureaus. Harwood, ·would, of course, deal at couragt'!d management to build a nearly to the ceiling. Arranged about In late 1885 a 100- by 20-foot their own atore." larger store rather than have to pay the floor was a multitude oferates, lumber shed at the uptown store By the spring of 1869, all local out such high dividends. kegs, and barrels brimming with was built north of the railroad tracks merchanta had either been forced .. Aceordingly a new two-story crackers, sugar, vinegar, flour, and by Loutensock, Henry Lewis, Joout of business or had sold out to the building with basement was com- molasses; canisters of eondiment!! seph Ashton, and Franz Salzner. Exchange. A Lehi correspondent pleted acr088 the atreet in 1878 by and spices; and sacks of sealOnal This was designed to shelter the ~te in the May 26, 1869 "Deseret masons Carl Carlson, J. Wiley llroduce. The clerk's counter was coml'any's dressed dOOTS" windows" Evening News" that "about a week Norton, and John Andreason. This lined with glassjars of striped candy and mouldings, which were being ago the Bishop and the directors of 30- by 60-foot rock store, the right sticks, peppermint twists, and hore- manufacturedby Abe Gudmundsen, our Co-operative store ·purchased half ofthe building in today's photo- hound drops. Jim Evans, and Jim Gaddie. The the store and goods of Brother Tho- graph was up-to-date in all respects The stores were wonderfully aro- downtown store also had a lumbermas Taylor, of this place, also the -- the first building in town to have matico Long-ago shoppers remem- yard on the southwest eorner of goods ofBr.lHans) Hammer, which a galvanized roof. ber the pungent scent of cigars and Main and Second West. leaves us with one store The Lehi The pr08perity of the People's plug tobaceo, boot and belt leather, As artesian wells beeame popuUnion Exchange.'" Co-operative Institute caused the fresh-ground coffee, choice teas, lar in the late 1880's the Co-op beThe Exchange management for ruination of the Lehi Union Ex- spices galore, the musty fragrance gan stocking large amounts of pipe , some time had needed larger quar- change. The acrid feelings between of fr~h fabric in bolts, and the anddrillingsupp1ies.ManagerCut~ teTS for their store. Though they . prominent stockholders of the two wintertime fumes ofiumpeoal bum- ler also used Co-op capital'to fund had twice attempted to construct a companies culminated in 1880 when ing in the large pot-bellied stove -- spin-offbusinesses which were then new building on the north side of the Co-op absorbed the Exchange the building's sole source of heat. leased to enterprising individuals. Main between First and Second during its insolvency. But difficulAn 1890 Sanborn map of the In 1889 thecompanybuilta large West, fierce winds had blown the ties still existed as late as Decem- uptown store shows the close prox- Iivt'ry and feed stable on the southstructure down both times. Aban- ber 13, 1890, when the People's Co- imityofthe lumberyard, where win- west comer of State and Second doning this project, the firm then op had to sue 38 of Bishop David dow ICla~s, doors, window blinds, East, which was leased to C. N. moved into the building vacated by Evans's heirs in order to obtain title lath, singles, and all kinds of build- Barnes and later to Will Wing. Both T. & W. Taylor. The ZCMI "all- to a piece of property on which now ing materials were kept. An arte- stores had meat departments which seeing eye" and the inscription, sits the Lehi Drug Store. sian well, oneoftheearliest in town, were leased over time to a long -Holiness to the Lord," henceforth The former Exchange building was sunk to the rear of the store in string ofbutehl'rs. beeame familiar symbols on the on Main Street (present site of Co- 11!911. An elevator on the north end Though large scaluhoe and boot storefront. lonial House), under Edwin of the building moved supplies to manufacturing eventually could no The Lehi Union Exchange was Standring's supervision, was the second floor and basement stor- longer compete with imports, the the only mercantile in town for just stocked with 158,000 worth of goods age areas. Co-up continued to lease its shoe arouple of year II. The first to oppose and thereafter known as ·the . .Go:Qp manager Thomas Cutl~, .. . shop to various cobblers. It also " . .their monopoly was the firm [James] branch." told a grandson that the hardest establishedablacksmithshopwhich Harwood & I Richard) Bradshaw The following year the gross rev- work he ever did was neeessitated WIIS operated by sevt'ral different who set up a store on Main Street in enue ofthe two stores was $150,000. by the lack of this elt'vator. On 8, smiths. 1870. They immediately eneoun- The direetors then increased their frigid December evening, after the In 1891 the stockholders of the tered stiff resistance from Union capitalstaek to $60,000 and in 1882 store had closed, a boxcar of onions Co-op established the Union Hotel Exchange people. Their difficulties initiated an $8,500 building project arrivt>d.. Everyone else had gone at 121 East State and leased its would likely have eontinued except at the uptown store. A 20- by 50-foot home for the day and Cutler, fearful operation to Robert Stoddard. The that Bradshaw died June 26, 1872 . stone granary with basement was that the onions would freeze, following year the Union Drugstore and Harwood IOld out and estab- built across the alleyway to the east singlf'!handedlyunloadedthecarand was established in the hotel and Iishf'!d a harness ShOD on State from the main building (still stand- PRckpd thE' hE'avv sacks one bX one lE'a"",d todrul!I..Tj"t T ..J. WRd"worth. By the spring of 1869, al\ local merchants had either been forced out'ofbl1siness or had sold out to the Exchange. A Lehi correspondent W)"Ote in the May 26, 1869 "Deseret Evening News" that "about a week ago the Bishop and the directors of our Co-operative store purchased the store and goods of Brother Thomas Taylor, of this place, also the goods ofBr.lHansl Hammer, which leaves us with one store 'The Lehi Union Exchange.'" The Exchange management for some time had needed larger quarters for their store. Though they had twice attempted to construct a new building on the north side of Main between First and Second West, fierce winds had blown the structure down both times. Abandoning this project, the firm then moved into the building vacated by T . & W. Taylor. The ZCMI "allseeing eye" and the inscription, ~Holiness to the Lord," henceforth became familiar symbols on the storefron t. The Lehi Union Exchange was the only mercantile in town for just a cou p Ie of years. The first to oppose their monopoly was the firm (James] Harwood & IRichard] Bradshaw who set up a store on Main Street in 1870. They immediately encountered stiff resistance from Union Exchange people. Their difficulties would likely have continued except that Bradshaw died June 26, 1872 and Harwood sold out and established a harness shop on State Street. The firm that ultimately drove the Lehi Union Exchange out of business was the People's Co-op. When it became known in 1871 that the Utah Southern Railroad would build its line through northern Lehi, Thomas and William W. Taylor and their clerk Thomas R. Cutler (former proprietors ofT. and W. Taylor) sought to take advantage of the situation. They determined where the railroad depot would be built and began to build a small store across the !ttreet on property owned by William Taylor. Opposition from primary stockholders il;1 the Lehi Union Exchange arose immediately. William W. Taylor wrote that "just as soon as Hsraell Evans and his father the Bishop learned what we were intending to do the old spirit of Envy Jelousy and Revenge was at work both from [the meeting] stand and in private meeting." Cutler and the Taylors initially felt that because they would be situated far from the Exchange they would not be viewed as com petitors with the downtown business. But after what William Taylor described as the "brazen barefaced tyranny" of the bishop and his son, they decided to compete openly and organize their own co-op. Accordingly the People's Co-operative Institution, with capitalization of $28,000, was formed in 1871 with James W. Taylor, president; J. C. Naile, vice-president; S. Empey, ......... " ..... f.'; ...... (1.nn"w;n ~,.. • ...:..0;,.;. - ....... 0;,; .......... ..,.:J. .... , ... £. , ,li;;l'oc;::' 10.\1 t'''") out such high dividends. Accordingly a new two-story building with basement was completed across the street in 1878 by masons Carl Carlson, J. Wiley Norton, and John Andreason. This 30- by 60-foot rock store, the right halfofthe building in today's photograph was up-to-date in all respects -- the first building in town to have a galvanized roof. The prosperity of the People's Co-operative Institute caused the ruination of the Lehi Union Exchange. The acrid feelings between prominent stockholders of the two companies culminated in 1880 when the Co-op absorbed the Exchange during its insolvency. But difficulties still existed as late as December 13, 1890, when the People's Coop had to sue 38 of Bishop David Evans's heirs in order to obtain title to a piece of property on which now sits the Lehi Drug Store. The former Exchange building on Main Street (present site of Colonial Housel, under Edwin Standring's supervision, was stocked with $8,000 worth of goods and thereafter . known as "the branch." The following year the gross revenueofthe two stores was $150,000. The directors then increased their capital stock to $60,000 and in 18!:!2 initiated an $8,500 building project at the uptown store. A 20- by 50-foot stone granary with basement was built across the alleyway to the east from the main building(still standing today). A 30- by 60-foot stone addition was madeontothe west of the 1878- LoIIC:: 1 "Juf 'f'fC1,s d. HIUU.. II..U.Ut:Ul ~n1L.t:;" lUIIl~r sn~u ~U. c.n~ upLuwn SLore kegs, and barrels brimming with was built north ofthe railroad tracks crackers, sugar. vinegar, flour, and by Loutensock, Henry Lewis, Jomolasses; canisters of condiments seph Ashton, and Franz Salzner. and spices; and sacks of seasonal This was designed to shelter the -produce. The clerk's counter was com-panys dressed doors" windows" lined with glassjarsofstripedcandy and mouldings, which were being sticks, peppermint twists, and hore- manufactured by Abe Gudmundsen, hound drops. Jim Evans, and Jim Gaddie. The The stores were wonderfully aro- downtown store also had a lumbermatico Long-ago shoppers remem- yard on the southwest corner of bel' the pungent scent of cigars and Main and Second West. As artesian wells became popuplug tobacco, boot and belt leather, fresh-ground coffee, choice teas, lar in the late 1880's the Co-op bespices galore, the musty fragrance gan stocking large amounts of pipe of frf>sh fabric in bolts, and the and drilling supplies. Manager Cutwintertime fumes oflumpcoal burn- ler also used Co-op capital to fund ing in the large pot-bellied stove -- spin-offbusinesseswhich were then the building's sole source of heat. leased to enterprising individuals. In1889thecompanybuiltalarge An 1890 Sanborn map of the uptown store shows the close prox- livery and feed stable on the southimityofthelumberyard,wherewin- · west corner of State and Second dow glass. doors, window blinds, East, which was leased to C. N. lath, singles, and all kinds of build-Barnes and later to Will Wing. Both ing materials were kept. An arte- stores had meat departments which sian well, one of the earliest in town, were leased over time to a long was sunk to the rear of the store in · string of butchers. lri9". An elevator on the north end Though large scale shoe and boot of the building moved supplies to manufacturing eventually could no the second floor and basement stor- . longer compete with imports, the age areas. Cnoop continued to lease its shoe (;:o~op manager Thomas Cutler.. shop to various cobblers. It also told a grandson that the hardest established ablacksmith shop which work he ever did was necessitated WIIS operated by several different by the lack of this elevator. On a smiths. frigid December evening, after the In 1891 the stockholders of the store had closed, a boxcar of onions Co-op established the Union Hotel arrived. Everyone else had gone at 121 East State and leased its home for the day and Cutler, fearful operation to Robert Stoddard. The that the onions would freeze, · following year the Union Drugstore singlehandedlyunloadedthecarand was established in the hotel and packed the heavy sacks one by one lea"",d to druggist T.J. Wadsworth. up the rear stairway where they ,The history of the People's Co-op could be protected. is complicated. Join me next week Until the mid-1890's the People's for the rest of the story.