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In 1900, James Currie, a rancher in Glasscock County, Texas, constructed a business building at 117 Main Street in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, on property he had purchased from Martha Hope of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1897. From that time until 1989, lessees and owners of the property supplied the people of Big Spring and the surrounding area with hardware and ranch supplies. At different times, dry goods and clothing, furnishing, firearms, and even automobiles were added to the stock and later discontinued. The structure at 117 Main Street is the oldest building in Big Spring continuously offering the same line of merchandise.
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