We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
This 1914 photo, looking west across Indiana Street in Chinook, shows the two buildings (center of photograph) that made up the original part of the old Chinook Hardware location. The original part of the building dates to 1912 with several additions over the years, both to the rear and north of the original complex.
In late June the oldest operating business in Chinook moved to a 'new, old location.' The "Journal," which published its first edition in May of 1890, moved south on Indiana Street to the set of buildings recently referred to as "the old Chinook Hardware." The newspaper is now operating from a building that was built around 1912, then modified over the years with additions and, more recently, the remodel of one of the original buildings and the removal of the wooden structure on the southside of the complex.
Two historical photos of Chinook give some context for how the area around the "Journa...
