Thanks, Dave, for taking the time to send this information. If you remember anything else about Nichols Hardware, I'd love to hear it. While Tom Nichols and his family (wife Lydia, children Nellie, Louise and Kenneth) are not my direct ancestors, they are an important part of a Thompson family history I'm working to bring current. Elizabeth Richardson, Ketchikan, Alaska erich@ktn.net >Nichols Hardware store was on Jefferson Street in downtown Burlington. It >was in the middle of the first block from the Mississippi River. I used to >go there with my Dad back in the 50's. The building was torn down many years >ago and the space was used for expansion of the Burlington Bank & Trust. > > >Dave