Miles & Strevell
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Miles & Ulmer company of Miles City had the distinction of being the only business in eastern Montana founded prior to the coming of the Northern Pacific Railroad and still in the active service of the public. It closed in the 1980s after more than a century of operation. | Miles & Ulmer company of Miles City had the distinction of being the only business in eastern Montana founded prior to the coming of the Northern Pacific Railroad and still in the active service of the public. It closed in the 1980s after more than a century of operation. | ||
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| + | Bill wrote: "Rick Jones' parents were kinfolk of mine. His mother was the daughter of my Dad's first cousin, Marion Ulmer Brown. Marion was a sister to Wallace Ulmer and they were the children of George Ulmer. When Wallace died Marion put Bill and Jane Jones in charge of the store. As the big box stores moved into the town it crowded the local stores with smaller inventories and higher costs of purchasing. The only real asset was loyal customers who could charge, especially the rural ones." | ||
