1890’s – Best’s Restaurant and Saloon

1890’s – Best’s Restaurant and Saloon

Berry Best’s brother and sister-in-law Ira and Jewel Best owned a popular restaurant and saloon at the corner of Walnut and Front Streets.  The kitchen help is pictured here standing outside with Ira’s domesticated wolves.  The man in the dark hat in the...
1890’s – Best Livery Stable

1890’s – Best Livery Stable

Berry J. Best ran a thriving wagon yard and livery stable at the turn of the 20th Century.  Here, he bought and sold horses, mules, built and repaired wagons, and sold feed for livestock, which were crucial to one of the major forms of transportation at the time....