The General Store - Stony Plain, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 53° 31.726 W 114° 00.416
11U E 698376 N 5935262
The General Store is the title of this mural that celebrates the first General Store and Post Office that operated from this location in Stony Plain, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMDJZD
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 01/22/2012
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Text from the town's brochure and website:
"Jacob Miller’s General Store and Post Office was a significant landmark in Stony Plain for many years. Jacob Miller (large portrait in centre) was a prominent businessman, postmaster, and the town’s second mayor (1909-1912). Beside his portrait on the left is the post office front as it looked in 1928. The right side of the mural shows the interior of the store. The cash system used in the store consisted of a number of pulleys. The clerks would pulley the money up to the accountant on the top floor who would make the change and pulley the money back down again."
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The mural is in one of the key locations in town. The colours and impages are larger than life, jumping out at you and at times making you feel like you could step into Jacob Miller's General Store. Not much remains of the old character with a travel agent and tattoo shop now found on the ground floor.