tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297901740496624539.post3054453001591535298..comments2023-10-23T14:13:31.027-07:00Comments on Austin, Nevada: The famous old Gridley Store still stands tallAustin, Nevada: Where adventurous souls meet.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13117813420034287702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297901740496624539.post-9574818339151028312013-10-28T06:16:11.448-07:002013-10-28T06:16:11.448-07:00Thomas W. Triplett & Company occupied "Gr...Thomas W. Triplett & Company occupied "Gridley's Old Store" in 1871, where the new occupants<br />sold "groceries, provisions, liquors, clothing, and a general variety of family and miners' supplies."<br />Triplett operated the store in partnership with two other Austin merchants, R. L. Horton and M. A.<br />Sawtelle, but in January 1872 the partnership dissolved. Presumably, the Gridley Store continued to<br />operate as a store in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although abandonment is<br />possible during the years of Austin's decline.<br />Thomas W. Triplett was brother to my gggrandfather who founded Triplett, Missouri where I was born.Barb Triplett Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297901740496624539.post-13926368014684573222013-05-09T04:59:45.135-07:002013-05-09T04:59:45.135-07:00Thank you for these additional comments regarding ...Thank you for these additional comments regarding Mr. Gridley and the USSC. The original history did not give a date to the incident of sack of flour, which lead me to this. Keep local history alive! For this is where you find the "heart" of a country's history, through the story of it's people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com