Back In Time 2026
This building is the former Myers Body Shop on the Southeast Corner of 10th and Main.
Educator Supply and Post Office
Researcher Pam Range
The building on the right is the Post Office that was built in 1909 and used until 1962 when the current Post Office was built. The building on the left is the Educator Supply building located at 311 North Lawler. Educator supply was founded in 1894 by Harry Bras under a corporation. The business dealing in school supplies was purchased by L.A. Pope and F.L. Ransom in 1908. Educator supplies operations extended throughout the territory of South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. They were wholesalers in school and office supplies along with doing printing and publishing. The business was purchased in 1979 by McLeod’s printing and moved out of this building.
Published in the January 10th, 2026 Mitchell Republic.
United Methodist Church circa 1950s
Researcher Pam Range
The United Methodist Church was first organized as the First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1881. The first meeting place was a small room over a saloon on Main Street. Later they obtained a room in the old west side schoolhouse. In 1883 a new church was dedicated at the corner of 4th and Edmunds Street. By 1906 the congregation had outgrown it, and a new church was necessary. The church they now occupy at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Rowley Street was built and dedicated by 1908.
Published in the January 24th, 2026 Mitchell Republic.
Published in the February 7th, 2026 Mitchell Republic.
Coca Cola Bottling Plant 1939
Researcher Pam Range
In 1905 Andrew Ellwien, F.J. Prezler and James Brown bought the Schubert Bottling Company and renamed it Mitchell Bottling Works. Later the name was changed to Coca Cola Bottling Company. This building was constructed in 1936 at a cost of $26,000 and was located at the corner of Kimball and Hanson. The building made of brick, glass, tile and reinforced concrete was considered state of the art at the time. Air conditioning and summer cooling in the new structure it was considered the only bottling plant of its kind in the entire United States. The building was planned by Floyd F. Kings, Mitchell architect, and built by Peter Kuipers, contractor. The heating and plumbing were provided by the Gus Swanson company. In 2015 the building caught fire and was destroyed beyond repair. It was demolished in 2016. The company started construction on a new building in 2016 on Commerce Street near the Highway 37 bypass.
Published in the January 17th, 2026 Mitchell Republic.
Larry’s Floral Reflections owned by Larry Kleinlein located at 108 East 4th Ave held the grand opening in August 1991. He sold the business to Garden of Eden and closed the store on June 30, 1995. He has been in the floral business for 10 years, four of those years as owner. Kleinlein stayed in the floral business doing free lance floral design for large parties and banquets in Omaha, Nebraska.
Published in the January 3rd, 2026 Mitchell Republic.