Pictured on the right of this image is Walter L. McQuiston posing inside his establishment; the McQuiston Grocery Store, around the year 1900. The store was located at 207-209 High Avenue West. The pose in this image was intended to display the…
Historically, The Hub serves as a wonderful example of American small business at the turn of the 20th Century. Location was the key to American small business success and The Hub definitely had this quality, as it was situated in downtown Oskaloosa…
The first Woolworth's store opened in Oskaloosa in 1905 and was situated on South Market Street. The establishment was independently owned and operated. Today, Woolworth's is no longer in operation in Oskaloosa, but functioned in the community for…
