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Message: [QUOTE="triaddukefan, post: 2932198, member: 378"] I had to look this up. cause you made me curious. . .. from wiki... The first Lowe's store, [B]Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware[/B], was first opened in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Wilkesboro,_North_Carolina']North Wilkesboro, North Carolina[/URL] in 1921 by Lucius Smith Lowe (1879–1940).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s#cite_note-5'][5][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s#cite_note-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] After Lowe died in 1940, the business was inherited by his daughter Ruth, who sold the company to her brother Jim that same year. Jim took on Carl Buchan as a partner in 1943.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s#cite_note-Williams-8'][8][/URL] Buchan anticipated the dramatic increase in construction after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II']World War II[/URL], and under his management, the store focused on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_hardware']hardware[/URL] and building materials.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] Before then, the product mix had also included [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notions_(sewing)']notions[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_good']dry goods[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_tack']horse tack[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(tobacco)']snuff[/URL], produce, and groceries. The company bought a second location in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta,_North_Carolina']Sparta, North Carolina[/URL] in 1949. Lowe and Buchan differed on expanding the company to new areas and they split in 1952 with Buchan (himself) taking control of the hardware and building supply business and Lowe taking other joint ventures the two controlled (including a car dealership). Buchan became the sole owner of Lowe's.[B] In 1954, Lowe started the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowes_Foods']Lowes Foods[/URL] grocery store chain.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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