The 1910 Colorado Springs City Directory lists 132 retail grocers. This was back before the advent of the household refrigerator. Prior to the shopping carts and turnstiles of the first self-service grocery store. In the days when chicken cost 18 cents a pound and you could get a stalk of celery for a nickel.
This was when there was an independent grocery store on every block in Colorado Springs. Well, at least 132 blocks. Continue reading
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