Ballard's Insurance Feeds - Pioneer Art Settlement
N 29° 10.986 W 081° 25.362
17R E 458901 N 3228345
On the sid eo fht eHL Wynn Commissary, the ad was probably selling the only brand available inside.
Waymark Code: WM7GD3
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2009
Views: 8
According to the self guided map:
1900s commissary store serving a turpentine operation near Bakersburg, just north of Pierson. It was moved to the Settlement in 1984 and is used as our Country Store.
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Commissary
Out Country Store is in the commissary for a turpentine still. The commissary was the company store where necessities were sold to employees. The still and this building were located near Bakersburg, north of Pierson on County Road 3.
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this website (http://circanceast.beaufortccc.edu/Brown/business/Ballards%20Feed%20Store/ballards.htm) says the following:
Ballard's Feed Store, Incorporated was chartered in 1931, and was one of the largest enterprises of its kind in eastern Carolina. Ed. Rowe was the president and W. B. Gerard was the secretary. The business was exclusively wholesale. They were authorized distributors for Ballard's Insurance Feeds and Ballard's Flour. Four counties were covered by salesmen and delivery service was extended over a wide area.