Mineola in Wood County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Mallory Bros. Grocery and Feed Stores

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2019

1. Mallory Bros. Grocery and Feed Stores Marker

The elements have seriously faded this marker.

Inscription. M.T. Mallory and his sons, Eugene and Claude, beginning in 1916 owned and operated two grocery stores and a feed store. The first location was at 112 South Johnson Street. Shortly after 1920 the store location was moved to 127 West Broad Street at the corner of Broad and Line Streets. At the same time they opened a feed store at 112 South Line Street.

Some employees at the stores were Sam Huff, Bill Bruner, Haskell Mallory, Virgil Padgett, and Reese Chrietzberg.

Ralston Purina products were carried at the feed store and the south side of the building facing the railroad was painted solid with the red and white checkerboards, the logo of Ralston Purina.

The store yearly entered a wagon in the Armistice Day Parade decorated with sacks of feed, lots of American Flags, and decorated with red and white checkerboards. Eugene Mallory died in 1931 at the age of 36 and very shortly thereafter Claude closed the stores.

Erected by Wood County Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 32° 39.821′ N, 95° 29.414′ W. Marker is in Mineola, Texas, in Wood County. It is at the intersection of West Broad Street (U.S. 80) and South Line

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Street, on the left when traveling west on West Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 127, Mineola TX 75773, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood County (within shouting distance of this marker); Mineola's Jewish Community (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Coleman Family Drug Store and Clinic (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mineola Opera Houses (about 300 feet away); Site of Public Mineral Water Well (about 400 feet away); First National Bank Building (about 400 feet away); "The Old Mineola City Hall" (about 400 feet away); O. P. Pyle (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mineola.

Marker one block from South Johnson Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2019

2. Marker one block from South Johnson Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 428 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 13, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.