Eden
Eden Township, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA
Eden's Business Places - Yesterday and Today
from "Marshall County"
by the Marshall County Historical Society
©1979
page 115
The following is a list of the business places in New Eden
sometime after 1914. On Main Street beginning on the west was
the Sommers Pool Hall and Dance Hall, then the Post Office and
Printing Shop owned by John Bauer, the Drug Store owned by Harry
Sherin, the Hagen & Nelson Merchandise, Kuntz Barber Shop, a
Hardware Store owned by George Nelson and Frank Thomas, the P.B.
Carlson Store, The First National Bank occupied the corner place.
Across the street but still on the north side was the State Bank
with John Zemback, cashier. North of the First National bank was
the livery stable (In Dec. 1914, Henry Burget was killed by
Charles Kinsloe in a shooting incident in the livery stable.
The site is now occupied by the house owned by the Elevator.
The livery stable is now on the former Joe Keintz farm). East of
the State Bank was a creamery owned by Wm. Redman, Dr. Anders
occupied the next building and Mrs. Anders operated a millinery
business in the same building. The Interior Lumber Co. was next
and was managed by Douglas Webster. On the east side of the
railroad track was the Miller Elevator managed by Chas. McGee
and north of the elevator was the stock yards and a feed store
operated by Helm.
On the south side of Main Street was the Hagen and Nelson
Implement and Garage. Across the street but still on the south
side a Pool Hall and Barber Shop owned by A. Pointer, the Eden
Hotel, owned by Mrs. Susan and Hattie Opitz, a Grocery store
owned by Mike Trautner, the Schindler and Woulph Hardware, the
Trei Hardware. Across the street was the Farmers Lumber Co. owned
by A. Karpen and Frank Mohs, the Railroad depot and across the
tracks was the Osborne McMillan Elevator managed by Joe Doran.
Further south was another elevator. The blacksmith shop was south
of the Trei Hardware and across from it was the Standard station
and a garage. The town also had a telephone office and a public
school.
Eden does not have as many business places today and the following
is a list of business places operating in 1978: Post Office, Schulz
Service Station, The Farmers Bar, Blue Denim Lounge and Cafe, Fred's
Service Station, First National Bank, The Fire Hall, Farmers
Elevator (Farmers own two elevators in Eden and also own the Lake
City Elevators), Eden Implement owned by Larry Neuberger, Eden
Market, the Michlitsch Store, Brewsters Building Center, Gruby
Oil Co. Community Oil Bulk Station, Dakotah Inc., Steve Samson's
Repair Shop. The Sommers Pool Hall (now owned by C. Keintz) and
the Oscar Samson Drug Store (owned by Joe Waletich) are vacant at
the present time.
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Last Modified:
October 12, 2002