SOUTHSIDE

In 1930 Ricard Dale Maxwell opened up a grocery store called Maxwell Market. He converted two old houses that were next to each other facing Harrison Avenue in Glenns Ferry, Idaho to run his business out of. Maxwell Market was only open a few short years before going bankrupt during the Great Depression... Later in 1934 Amos B. Cash and Flay J. Lawrence bought the Maxwell Market and renamed the Grocery Store, Southside Market. At the age of 18, George Larsen went to work for Cash and Lawrence. George enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944 and then was discharged in 1946. When he came home, he and his wife Maxine bought Southside Market from Cash and Lawrence. Maxine and George worked side by side in the small Grocery store and in 1960 they tore down the two old converted houses and built a new building right next to it and faced the store to Commercial Street. Then the paved over were the old buildings were and made that the parking lot. George and Maxine owned the store until 1969 when..

Also known as: Southside Market

Primary location: Glenns Ferry United States