OCCUPATION: Typewriter and Business Machine Mechanic
Office Supply Store Owner
Mica and Uranium Mine Owner
Motel Owner
Jack was born in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. His mother was pregnant with him when they arrived from Barmen (now Wuppertal), Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany in 1884. He spent his youthful years in Pittsburgh except for the years that the family returned to Barmen, Germany from 1886 to 1896.
Jack was a businessman. He opened a stationary store and typewriter repair shop in Huron. It was the first one west of the Mississippi. He had contracts to take care of all the typewriters and office machinery for the Government Offices and schools in 6 states as well as any private work that came in. He taught his son, Bob the trade, and the two of them worked together for years.
He and his 3rd wife, Margaret purchased a small ranch just outside Custer, South Dakota in the Black Hills, where they owned mica and uranium mines. Jack supervised all the work in those mines, where he had quite a large crew of workers, and Margaret kept all the books, ordered equipment according to Government regulations, and made sure all the men were paid. In the 1940's the Government made a decision to close down all the Uranium mines in the United States, keep our resources in tact, and import Uranium as a trade item from elsewhere in the world. After that, the ranch near Custer was used for a recreational get-away place to go. They had purchased the second largest piece of equipment in the world for mining Uranium, and Jack loved to go there and at least 'play around' with the equipment after the mines were closed.
Since the income from the mines was no longer there, Margaret and Jack decided to build a Motel in Huron. There was no motel at that end of the State, and Huron was the site for the State Fair every year, pheasant always brought many a hunter to that part of the State during hunting season, and businessmen traveling through the State needed a place to stay. They only had one employee at that Motel, and the two of them did all the work. When they started, they still had the store downtown to tend to during the day, and evenings and nights there was the Motel to run. Hard work --- you bet!
In the early 1960's they finally sold the Motel, and retired to a lovely home that they purchased in Vista, California. They owned an avocado orchard adjacent to the property, which kept them busy.
Office Supply Store Owner
Mica and Uranium Mine Owner
Motel Owner
Jack was born in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. His mother was pregnant with him when they arrived from Barmen (now Wuppertal), Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany in 1884. He spent his youthful years in Pittsburgh except for the years that the family returned to Barmen, Germany from 1886 to 1896.
Jack was a businessman. He opened a stationary store and typewriter repair shop in Huron. It was the first one west of the Mississippi. He had contracts to take care of all the typewriters and office machinery for the Government Offices and schools in 6 states as well as any private work that came in. He taught his son, Bob the trade, and the two of them worked together for years.
He and his 3rd wife, Margaret purchased a small ranch just outside Custer, South Dakota in the Black Hills, where they owned mica and uranium mines. Jack supervised all the work in those mines, where he had quite a large crew of workers, and Margaret kept all the books, ordered equipment according to Government regulations, and made sure all the men were paid. In the 1940's the Government made a decision to close down all the Uranium mines in the United States, keep our resources in tact, and import Uranium as a trade item from elsewhere in the world. After that, the ranch near Custer was used for a recreational get-away place to go. They had purchased the second largest piece of equipment in the world for mining Uranium, and Jack loved to go there and at least 'play around' with the equipment after the mines were closed.
Since the income from the mines was no longer there, Margaret and Jack decided to build a Motel in Huron. There was no motel at that end of the State, and Huron was the site for the State Fair every year, pheasant always brought many a hunter to that part of the State during hunting season, and businessmen traveling through the State needed a place to stay. They only had one employee at that Motel, and the two of them did all the work. When they started, they still had the store downtown to tend to during the day, and evenings and nights there was the Motel to run. Hard work --- you bet!
In the early 1960's they finally sold the Motel, and retired to a lovely home that they purchased in Vista, California. They owned an avocado orchard adjacent to the property, which kept them busy.
OCCUPATION: Typewriter and Business Machine Mechanic
Office Supply Store Owner
Mica and Uranium Mine Owner
Motel Owner
Jack was born in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. His mother was pregnant with him when they arrived from Barmen (now Wuppertal), Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany in 1884. He spent his youthful years in Pittsburgh except for the years that the family returned to Barmen, Germany from 1886 to 1896.
Jack was a businessman. He opened a stationary store and typewriter repair shop in Huron. It was the first one west of the Mississippi. He had contracts to take care of all the typewriters and office machinery for the Government Offices and schools in 6 states as well as any private work that came in. He taught his son, Bob the trade, and the two of them worked together for years.
He and his 3rd wife, Margaret purchased a small ranch just outside Custer, South Dakota in the Black Hills, where they owned mica and uranium mines. Jack supervised all the work in those mines, where he had quite a large crew of workers, and Margaret kept all the books, ordered equipment according to Government regulations, and made sure all the men were paid. In the 1940's the Government made a decision to close down all the Uranium mines in the United States, keep our resources in tact, and import Uranium as a trade item from elsewhere in the world. After that, the ranch near Custer was used for a recreational get-away place to go. They had purchased the second largest piece of equipment in the world for mining Uranium, and Jack loved to go there and at least 'play around' with the equipment after the mines were closed.
Since the income from the mines was no longer there, Margaret and Jack decided to build a Motel in Huron. There was no motel at that end of the State, and Huron was the site for the State Fair every year, pheasant always brought many a hunter to that part of the State during hunting season, and businessmen traveling through the State needed a place to stay. They only had one employee at that Motel, and the two of them did all the work. When they started, they still had the store downtown to tend to during the day, and evenings and nights there was the Motel to run. Hard work --- you bet!
In the early 1960's they finally sold the Motel, and retired to a lovely home that they purchased in Vista, California. They owned an avocado orchard adjacent to the property, which kept them busy.
Office Supply Store Owner
Mica and Uranium Mine Owner
Motel Owner
Jack was born in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. His mother was pregnant with him when they arrived from Barmen (now Wuppertal), Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany in 1884. He spent his youthful years in Pittsburgh except for the years that the family returned to Barmen, Germany from 1886 to 1896.
Jack was a businessman. He opened a stationary store and typewriter repair shop in Huron. It was the first one west of the Mississippi. He had contracts to take care of all the typewriters and office machinery for the Government Offices and schools in 6 states as well as any private work that came in. He taught his son, Bob the trade, and the two of them worked together for years.
He and his 3rd wife, Margaret purchased a small ranch just outside Custer, South Dakota in the Black Hills, where they owned mica and uranium mines. Jack supervised all the work in those mines, where he had quite a large crew of workers, and Margaret kept all the books, ordered equipment according to Government regulations, and made sure all the men were paid. In the 1940's the Government made a decision to close down all the Uranium mines in the United States, keep our resources in tact, and import Uranium as a trade item from elsewhere in the world. After that, the ranch near Custer was used for a recreational get-away place to go. They had purchased the second largest piece of equipment in the world for mining Uranium, and Jack loved to go there and at least 'play around' with the equipment after the mines were closed.
Since the income from the mines was no longer there, Margaret and Jack decided to build a Motel in Huron. There was no motel at that end of the State, and Huron was the site for the State Fair every year, pheasant always brought many a hunter to that part of the State during hunting season, and businessmen traveling through the State needed a place to stay. They only had one employee at that Motel, and the two of them did all the work. When they started, they still had the store downtown to tend to during the day, and evenings and nights there was the Motel to run. Hard work --- you bet!
In the early 1960's they finally sold the Motel, and retired to a lovely home that they purchased in Vista, California. They owned an avocado orchard adjacent to the property, which kept them busy.
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