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Seattle, WA, Pioneer Dexter Horton (1825-1904) began this store with two partners, Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899) and David Phillips, who both later became active politically in the city and region. When they devoted most of their attention to politics, Horton bought their shares of the business and focused his energy on the store. At first, he sold cargo left over from visiting ships, miscellaneous items useful to a nascent settlement. Gradually, he regularized his inventory, turning his business into one of the city's most reliable general stores. (David Swinson Maynard [1808–1873] also operated a notable general store in the 1850s-early 1870s.) Horton operated his store from c. 1854-1866, when he sold it to Henry Atkins and William H. Shoudy. He then changed occupations and locations, choosing to move to San Francisco, CA, in either 1866 or 1867 to become a securities trader. On his return, Horton founded the city's first bank from 1870-1888. (It was also Seattle's only bank for approximately its first decade.)

PCAD id: 18085