{"id":147,"date":"2015-11-06T23:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T23:44:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-12-14T13:02:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:02:35","slug":"william-horsley-and-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/1850-1900\/william-horsley-and-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"William Horsley and Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Co-op Store was good training for William Horsley, who served as manager until 1884, when he was called on a mission. In his absence his four sons started a business on a small scale on the east side of Main Street between First and Second South, handling produce and groceries. Upon William\u2019s return, the firm of William Horsley and Sons was organized in 1886. In addition to its retail business, Horsley and Sons shipped fruit, vegetables, veal, lamb, and poultry throughout Utah and surrounding states, later adding seed to this agricultural business. In August, 1891, they completed a new brick store, heated with steam, at 133 South Main Street, celebrating the opening with a ball on the ground floor.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000060d0000000000000000_147\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000060d0000000000000000_147-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000060d0000000000000000_147-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">Lydia Walker Forsgren, <em>History of Box Elder County<\/em>, (Brigham City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1937), 93. Olive H. Kotter, \u201cBrigham City to 1900,\u201d <em>Through the Years<\/em>, (Brigham City: Brigham City Eighth Ward, 1953), 16.<\/span> Horsley Seed and Horsley Dry Goods stores remained open up into the 1960s.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.boxeldermuseum.org\/index.php\/Search\/Index?search=Horsley\">Search Brigham City Museum Collections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/97_5_231_1.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white picture of the store, around 1900\" class=\"wp-image-4593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/97_5_231_1.jpg 429w, https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/97_5_231_1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/97_5_231_1-370x517.jpg 370w, https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/97_5_231_1-270x378.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption>Horsley&#8217;s Store around 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Co-op Store was good training for William Horsley, who served as manager until 1884, when he was called on a mission. 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