I'm having to get out of the look-ups because I'm totally swamped but I happened to be working with Curry's 1957 "Reminiscent History of Douglas County" when your request came it. On pages 8 & 9 of Curry's book, he lists the "trading points and merchants" contained in the Merchants Assessment Book for 1897. In that listing, he lists on merchant: "Mrs. L.D. Painter, general merchandise." Hope that helps a little bit. The Ozark Uncle Kenneth Brown, Ph.d., CPA Emeritus (Retired) Professor, Springfield, MO Email1: ozarkuncle@sbcglobal.net Email2: kwb237f@smsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of debefletcher4@earthlink.net Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:27 PM To: MODOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MODOUGLA] Dogwood in Douglas County This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1704 Message Board Post: would anyone know of a store in dogwood in the early 1900's? (1900-1910) What the name of the store would have been, who owned it? ==== MODOUGLA Mailing List ==== Don't forget about the Douglas County, MO Resource page http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MO/Douglas/ ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237