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Shelby has long been known for it's wide ranging and numerous merchants. The following

list will enventually include most Shelby merchabts and their place and type of business.

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Merchant or Business Name	Business Type	Year Established
Duncan & Post Store *	General Store	1828-1832
New England Hotel *	Hotel	1828 - 1832
Brown & Mickey	General Store	1839
First National Bank	Bank	1872
The Shelby Bakery Co.	Bakery	1872 - 1876
Mann & Steele	Hardware Merchants	1876
Skiles & Skiles	Lawyers	1878
C.H. Moyer & Son	Mens Clothing / Tailor	ca. 1879
Seltzer & Steele	Merchants	1879 - 1880
Bazaar	Groceries	ca. 1894
Green & Co.	Drug & Book Store	Dec. 1897
Clouse and Disbro	Millinery Shop	1905
Armstrong, Rauch, & Trimble	Retail Hardware	1906

 

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* Some of the above information has been abstracted from books by former Shelby Mayor

Raymond Wilkinson. " The Story of Early Shelby" - 1962, and "More About Early Shelby" - 1964.

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