Dad's Jobs

My Dad had quite a few different jobs/businesses throughout his years.

For a time he built houses and barns in this area.

Many of those homes & barns are still being used.

When he was young, he worked at the Broom Factory in Fergus Falls.

That was one job he said he did not like.

He farmed for awhile, but I am not sure he liked farming a lot,

EXCEPT......Threshing.

[He loved threshing with the big old steam engines.

He was in awe of the big engines when he was about 6 or 7 years old,

and by the time he was 19, he did custom threshing.

Later, he and his brother George and nephew Kenneth began

the annual threshing show in Dalton, as a means to

preserve the history of threshing days gone by.]

He was part-owned of the Skelly Gas Station in Dalton for about 10 years.

In those days, it was referred to as the "filling station."   It was also

referred to as the "oil business."  (I wish!!)

He owned & operated the Dalton Lumber Co. for many years.

This building has now been torn down.

After he sold the lumberyard, he opened the "Dalton Surplus Store,"

later changed to "Dalton Supply Store"

Besides paint, nuts & bolts, 

one could buy work clothes,  boots, hardware,

and even some kitchen items.