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 544 HISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY present site of the C, M. & St. P. railroad station. It was above this store that the preparatory department of Hamline Univer- sity was opened by the Rev. Jabez Brooks, November lb*, 1854. About the same time, M. B. Lewis and Charley Beers conducted a warehouse on Levee street. J. C. Weatherby and H. L. Bevans had stores on Main street. But the principal store in Red Wing in 1858 was kept by Mclntire »S: Shddon. It stood on the east side of Bush street, between Main and Levee streets, nearly opposite the St. James Hotel, the building having been long since de- stroyed by fire. In this store was purchased everything that the families of Red Wing ate or drank or wore. One could buy anything from a steamboat anchor to a mouse trap, and Mrs. C. J. P. Smith says she bought her wedding dress there. In this store were a number of clerks who afterward became prominent citizens. They were Thomas F. Towns (bookkeeper), Jesse Hodgman, Sidney Allen and T. B. MeCord. Mclntire & Sheldon conducted the store until about the beginning of the war, and then sold out to T. K. Simmons, who made a fortune out of the war rise in prices. The first book store in Red AVing was kept by E. P. Lowater in a story and a half building at the corner of Main and Bush streets, the site on which the St. James now stands. Mr. Lowater was ;it one time postmaster and the mail was distributed from his store. Following is a business directory of Red Wing, published in 186!»: Attorneys — P. Sandford, 65 Main street; Phelps & Tabor, corner Main and Bush streets; J. *C. McClure, Postoffice block, Hush street; Wilder & Williston, Main street; Parker & Hoyt, Postoffice block. Bush street; William Colvill. Postoffice block, Bush street; R. B. Smithers, Postoffice block, Bush street; Sturges cV; Hodgson, corner of Main and Bush streets; Ives & Skillman, corner Main and Bush streets; B. B. Herbert, corner Main and Bush streets: William R. Snider, Republican office. Auctioneers — B. W. Bixby, Main street; E. Enz, Main street. Agricultural implements — Alley & Rockwell, Bush street; E. W. Brook, Main street ; R. II. Downing, Plum street; C. Betcher & Co., Main street; E. L. Baker, Main street; M. Herschler & Co., Levee street. Books and stationery — E. P. Lowater, corner of Main and Bush Erects; Jones & Cole. Bush street. Banks — First National, cor- ner Main and Plum streets; Pierce, Simmons & Co., Main street. Barbers — Eli Field, Postoffice block. Billiards — Webster Bros., Music Hall block; Fred Kerns. 62 Main street; J. Christ. Main street; J. White, 71 Main street, Bakers— B. W. Bixby. 73 Main street ; John Kuhn, Plum street ; Jones & Co., Bush street. Brew- eries — William Heising. corner Bush and Fifth street ; J. Haw- kins. Bush street; Mrs. P. Hawkins. Main street; John Landon,