Delivering for four generations: Denver's Johnson Storage & moving started with horse-drawn wagons.
ColoradoBiz › Vol. 38 Nbr. 2, February 2011
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Delivering for four generations: Denver's Johnson Storage & moving started with horse-drawn wagons.
William Johnson and his family were enjoying a mid-day meal on New Year's Day, 1900, when they heard a strange noise outside on Second Avenue and Broadway. Hustling down from their second-story residence, William and his wife, his in-laws and their children dashed downstairs and outside to the street. [paragraph] The source of the commotion: two steam-powered automobiles, rumbling south down Broadway.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "They all thought it was the neatest thing they'd ever seen," Mark Johnson says. "All except my great-grandfather. He was a blacksmith and wagon builder. It was two of his customers going by, and he knew his way of making a living was coming to an end." William Johnson spent a pensive afternoon taking into account his abilities and his assets. He had the blacksmith shop on the first floor; he had horses; he knew how to build wagons. That evening he...See the full content of this document
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