Hutch Post, in partnership with Steve Harmon and the Conard-Harmon Collection, is proud to present Throwback Thursday. Enjoy a weekly release from Steve Harmon as he presents the "Hutch - Then & Now Collection."
By STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's installment from our Throwback Thursday collection takes us to the northwest corner of North Lorraine Street and East Eleventh Avenue.
After the discovery of salt in Hutchinson in 1885, salt evaporation plants popped up everywhere. One of those was the Western Salt Co.
It was chartered on Aug. 17, 1888, with a capital stock of $50,000. By October of 1889, it was producing a capacity of 1,200 barrels of salt daily, with R.R. Price as the president of the company.
The first photo shows that plant then.
In 1890, it was shuttered but was started up again in 1893 by Samuel Matthews. By 1895, due to consolidations and buyouts, Western was gone as well as many more, and Hutch was down to the big three: Barton, Carey and Morton.
This property then became nothing more than a sand pit and landfill until 1960 when George and Frank Stuckey built a large Morton metal building and moved their lumber yard from downtown at 15 E. 4th to this location.
This business was here from 1961 to 2004.
The second photo shows the Stuckey Lumber facility in 2004, right before closing.
The structure was then razed and the property was sold to Tractor Supply Co., who built a new building there at that time.
The third photo shows the property today, still Tractor Supply and now addressed as 1203 N. Lorraine. Owned by the Hansen Trust of Eagle Nebraska.
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