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The Bowie News, Bowie, Texas 7/24/1958
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1356)
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1363966/m1/81/zoom/?q=avis&resolution=4&lat=5487.707760844852&lon=2227.646119577574
Thursday 7/24/1958
Section 11, p. 3
EARLY DAY FACTS
Burns on the Head of Elm opened the county's first store. John H. Cox attended the first sale of lots in Montague, bought property on the public square, and late in 1853 opened Montague's first store. David Avis opened a store shortly afterward.