Emigh Hardware: 100-plus years of service
Certainly an announcement by any business acknowledging that it has survived for a century or more is sufficient to attract one’s attention.
But on a local level, the story of Emigh Hardware draws even greater intrigue, considering that the business, which is located at 3555 El Camino Ave., has always been a local story.
The history of this fourth generation, family-owned and operated store began when brothers and Rio Vista natives James and Clay Emigh, who had already gained experience in the hardware industry, moved to Sacramento and opened Emigh Hardware Co. at 1208 J St. in Sacramento.
Prior to opening the Sacramento store, while living in Suisun City, James (1876-1932) purchased the James Kerns hardware store in 1900, and the business was eventually consolidated with the Suisun Implement Co.
James, who served as the Suisun City store’s vice president and assistant manager, sold his interests in the business about a decade later.
But while operating his Suisun City store, James was assisted by his brother for about four years, after which time Clay, who was five years younger than James, became a salesman for the wholesale hardware business, Miller-Chapman-Enwright Co., at 913-917 Front St. in Sacramento.
Clay’s last hardware-related employment prior to establishing Emigh Hardware with his brother was as a salesman for the George H. Tay Co. in San Francisco.
The Emigh brothers’ Sacramento business expanded in July 1912, as their store merged with the Winchell-Cline Co., which was located at 1103 O St. and was managed by Frank B. Winchell.
In addition to carrying general hardware supplies, the Winchell-Cline Co. also offered a line of agricultural supplies and buggies.
With its merger, the Emigh-Winchell-Cline Co., which was led by David M. Cline as its president and James Emigh as its vice-president, moved into the old Thomson-Diggs Co. quarters at 308-312 J St.
Although smaller than today’s larger warehouse hardware stores, the then-newly-opened, 60-foot by 160-foot, retail and wholesale store was large for its time and advertised itself as “the big warehouse store.”
Regarding Emigh Hardware’s vast inventory at this location, the 1913 book, “History of Sacramento County, California,” described the store as the “most extensive hardware establishment in Sacramento County, if not in the whole of Northern California.”
The selection of the merged store’s location was ideal, considering that the site had already been established as a place where locals could purchase hardware supplies, agricultural implements and other offerings.
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The article reported that the hardware company, which also acquired the old Studebaker warehouse at 12th and B streets in the same deal, would handle their then-new horse-drawn vehicle business from Emigh's 3rd and J streets store.
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The Roundup is a three-day summer show and is being hosted by Minnesota Chapter 15 of the International Harvester Collectors Club and will run from June 23-25.
Vendors began arriving to set up on Monday and finished their preparation for the show on Tuesday.
Roundup organizers are expecting the national event to draw 20,000 to 30,000 people to the fairgrounds. Organizers also said they have registered 125 vendors.
Patrons can expect to see more than 2,000 tractors at the fairgrounds over the weekend. Along with the tractors will be a few International trucks, Scouts, Cub Cadets and various farming equipment such as milking machines.
Along with many classic demonstrator tractors there will be an original McCormick-Deering Reaper. The reaper was invented in 1831 to cut small grain crops and was a horse-drawn implement.
“What you’re going to see here is probably heavy tillers machines, the later International Harvesters and typical grain type farming equipment,” co-chairman and secretary of Chapter 15, Joel Klein said.
Klein said the Red Power Roundup brings out the equipment that is most heavily used in the show’s area. For southern Minnesota that’s the grain equipment.
The show will also feature a quilt show and contest as well as many other activities.
Guest have already begun arriving from out of town. Many of Albert Lea’s hotels are sold out for the weekend causing some guests to book hotels in other areas. Klein says people are staying as far away as Faribault and some are driving from Owatonna and parts of northern Iowa.
“There is a huge amount of support for this — a lot of local interest.” Linda Klein said.
The fairgrounds has also made space for visitors who wanted to camp at the event. It has gone over so well that Klein said, “It is jam packed, whatever these grounds hold is packed in.”
Chapter 15 first started vying to bring the show to Albert Lea in 2008.
“If you want the show you have to bid for it two years in advance,” Klein said. “ You have to have all of your ducks in a row. It’s not just a gift — you have to work for it.”
Organizers presented their proposal to host the show at the 19th annual Roundup in Columbia, Mo. In order to be awarded the show they had to prove that they had a place that could handle a large number of people.
The last and only show held in Minnesota was the 10th annual show in 1999, which was held in Hastings.
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