When I was a kid, all neighborhoods had a"store" that sold a little bit of everything from a bag of nails to a gallon of milk. If they didn't have it"we can order it for ya"

1:30 The wreckage of the Arabia was found in 1987 buried in a cornfield in Missouri. It seems that the Missouri River changed course since 1856 and the steamboat was buried in silt.. The site has been excavated and much of the cargo was remarkably well preserved. The Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City has many of the items on display, it's like a time capsule into the pre-Civil War old west. If you're ever in KC I highly suggest you pay a visit.

The Western Mercantile was a very useful business for frontiersmen. Thanks for more information about 'em, Santee.

The ending reminds me of when I was a kid in the early 2000s and was reading a comic book from the 1980s and I saw an ad for a Nightmare on Elm Street costume with hat, mask, and glove. My parents had to tell me it wouldn’t still be for sell

There used to be a really awesome one in St. Augustine Florida. Loved it. Thanks!

Props to Old Jimmy for running the little shop in the middle of nowhere. It's only about 15 minutes walk from my house, but he has hunting knives, fresh sliced meat and cheese, canned foods, dog food, toilet paper, electric supplies, soda, sweets, welding tools, and most importantly, _whiskey_

Five years late to the party, but I was glad to see Lincoln, NM and that little kerfuffle between merchants added to the mix. That's a place all western aficionados should visit. The Tunstall store is one very cool place, among others there. Great video, Santee. Still catching up!

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Old school mercantiles are still common on the modern day frontier of rural America. I've traded campfire wood for chicken feed at my local store and I can find most of the things I need without making the trip all the way to town

I'm still waiting for my Colt SAA that I ordered for $27.95!😠

awesome! ha ha ha, thanks Cheese!! I just spent 30 minutes reading up on the Steamship Arabia, and now have put the Steamship Arabia museum on the bucket list :-)

Speaking of Billy the kid, I heard a rumor that in 1879 while he was in Las Vegas, New Mexico he met Jesse James, it’s also rumored that Jesse asked Billy to join his newly formed gang, But Billy respectively decline, but could you imagine if he did join Jesse James

Great video, Santee. The mercantile was such a vital part of town life.

Sounds like running a mercantile was a gamble that could pay off if everything went just right. Great video!

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A buddy of mine (Steve Buckskinner 54) and I have been talking a lot about this. Great, informative video!

Been playing Red Dead Redemption, which got me hooked on watching videos on the Old West . Very interesting time that period was

Another great video Santee full of history and funny 2 👍🤪 My Grandfather was born in 1916 he told me a lot of stories about the old days he lived to be 100 years old learned a lot from that Man 👍🤠 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅

I was named after the movie Shane. To this day I think that the bar fight scene was the best and most epic of all Western movies. And I love the Gumby action figures in the back! Had those when I was a kid!

What I wouldn’t give to go back to that pricing! LOL! Another awesome video, Santee!

Interesting you educate us on stuff we never knew. Ivory is real hard to get and illegal now unless it's old stockpiled ivory. My old corn cob pipe from the 1930's has a beautiful ivory stem.

We need times like those again

Hey I like the Gumby and the pokey you have on the shelf in the back.

If you even happen to be travelling on I-20 East of Atlanta, the small town of Rutledge Ga has a still fully functional Merchantile from around the turn of the 20th century. They still sell a little bit of everything and even have the 2 story tall shelf walls with a sliding ladder to be able to get stuff, these days they sell more hardware and gardening supplies but they also stock grocery items and even sewing supplies, not to mention home canned tomatoes and fresh veggies in season. Don't think they sell eggs though, just about everyone I know in that town has their own flock of chickens, heck some of them even get a little competitive with keeping records of how many eggs their girls lay or how many broods are hatched each season.

An old mercantile is fun to walk through.

Awesome guest appearances By Gumby and Pokey.

I always loved the general stores

Another fun and informative video. As mentioned in your video, Cathy and I have visited the Steamboat Arabia here in K.C.MO. several times. It's well worth the trip. It's truly amazing to view all the artifacts that were salvaged.

Just found this channel. My Friday night is sorted!!!

The General Store reminded me of The Rifleman and Mark always wanting some candy, when they went to town. Another great one.

I would highly recommend the steam boat Arabia museum to any one. Unlike other museums that have nice stuff or used stuff this was a boat full of new common general store stuff

Well done! I love those old Mercantile type stores. Once in a while you can still find one in operation. Your channel is informative but entertaining. Thank you.

Great episode as always Santee. So good to see the photo at the beginning of our dear Tombstone friend Teresa "Granny" Benjamin (R.I.P.). I suspect this photo was taken at the Benson Historical Museum by Jenna Miller? We miss you Granny!

👍🏼, try the Sears & Roebuck cataloged, here they carry most things 😜😁, Happy Trails 🤠

A good informative video And seeing old photos of mercantile stores is always nice seeing the products they had, and the low low prices. Cheers !

That was a whole bunch of fun!

I've been to the Arabia Steamship museum in Kansas City. They still have a good part of the ship preserved as well as much of the goods they were shipping. It broke up, but was preserved in the river mud. It would be worth an Arizona Ghost Riders field trip to film there.

Thanks for the information Santee.

I found a reproduction of the 1897 Sears & Roebuck Catalog at a bookstore and at the time it was out of my price range.

Great Santee.I'm goin to purchase something right now.thanks and happy trail's ghost riders

Hello cowboy! Howdy! Great information about the struggles getting merchandise to the people. See ya again soon your friend Belle.♻️

Love your videos wish they were longer.

Another great episode! Thank you

We went through Lincoln NM back in 17 didn’t stop though. Didn’t wanna get caught up in any feuds or anything.

Hey Santee how are you? Just stopped by to catch up and see what you have been up to lately! Keep up the great work!! Much love Martina!!🌹🌹🦋🦋😊😊👍👍

You know what might be interesting to hear one of these days? How my version of the Old West compares to yours. See, you're in Arizona, so you have the desert, the O.K. Corral, and the Arizona Rangers as part of your history. I'm in Kansas, so we have Little House on the Prairie, the Benders, and the Daltons as part of ours. I'm curious to know how life in Tombstone or Tucson was different than life in Wichita or Dodge City...or even how your version of 19th Century small towns or farms differs from ours. When I picture the Old West, I picture settlers on the prairie gradually forming small farming communities that hit their heyday during the time of cattle drives, even to the point of becoming bustling cities with bad traffic to this very day, but maybe that's a little different for you. However, I'm sure there were also quite a few similarities. A lot of things you've mentioned in your videos line up with what I've read on signs at Old Cowtown Museum, so I suppose there were some things back then that were just standard. I'm sure maybe someone from California (mining towns) or Oregon (where the famous trail ended) would also have a slightly different spin on things. Another thing I wonder is how far West you have to go before it's officially "the Old West" instead of simply "the 1800's." Are some people sitting in Texas or Utah saying, "Kansas is the Midwest! It doesn't count!" while some people sitting on the East Coast say, "They had cattle drives. It was the Old West alright!"? Sorry for all the questions and comments on the videos lately. I promise I'm not a creep or a troll or anything. It's seriously just for the novel.

This one was interesting. The gag of ordering from a 150 year old catalog got a smile

I wish general stores would still exist :( There was one in a town quite far from me and i remember going when I was little. There was an old man at the counter. I only remember seeing hand made knives, rubber boots, and skillets for sale... there was maybe more but I was young. I got told that it burnt down now though.

I’m currently making some items for these sort of shops lol. Awesome video

the ones who truly got rich were the merchants, places like Independence, MO made a killing selling supplies to travelers. the demand was there and they were the only place to get needed supplies, so they had steady business unless they were truly ripping people off

That one bit from the shakiest gun in the West Don Knotts was such a legend I've been thinking about taking some spare would I have at my shop and making a little cart that I could wheel out till like county fairs and stuff and so old west-themed candies and such ( I still have a valid food handler's license from a previous job)

Thanks Santee.

You can still go to Lincoln, New Mexico and see Murphy store thought it was turned into the County Courthouse in 1880, then Tunsols store that is frozen in time as a working mercantile store. Turn the final store is a preserved Mexican Mercado owned and operated for Mexicans in the area as racism what high at that time and the store remained neutral during the Lincoln County wars. Going to see Lincoln is worth the trip for anybody who loves Western history as a town loves very similar to as it would have looked when Billy the kid abd his boys road the dirt streets.

You guys are great👍 As always thanks for taking the time

I think the equivalent of an old west mercantile is Family Dollar. They have everything you need.

Very good video on American history awesome bro 👍👍👍

Another good one , my friend.

Very cool Channel . will be checking it out further . The Best to you FFP

Sweet video! I like the old bartering method! Or town co-ops. They still have some of those in Kansas where I go back and forth to work.

When did Montgomery Ward and Sears open I have some books from the 1890s and they sold just about everything......

oh how I wish those prices were that was today. found out the old west town here in Carolina called "love valley" opened up a mercantile gotta check it out. great video as always!!

The Home Depot of the Wild West, I love it.

I was looking through an old Sears and Roebuck catalog and you could get a crate of double barrel shotguns for $50

My goodness. Certainly seems like a lot of work for some groceries! Reminds me a bit of Drucker's store from Green Acres and some of the negotiating they had to do to get simple items! Haha :)

Cool

Great video Santee

Love the End Skit on this one👍😂🇺🇸

[1:35] I have difficulty imagining a Mule Train delivering a steam locomotive for the Black Hills and Ft Pierre RR. Must've been in a lot of little pieces... [2:43] Yosemite Sam. I heard he got cancelled fer totin' Guns. That's why I put a Yosemite Sam front plate on my new-to-me- '03 Tahoe. Cancel that, Varmints!

That Titanic reference though! *ROFL*

Informative and fun.

Very knowledgeable video Santee. Thanks again. Oh yeah, btw could you do an in depth video on the Lincoln County War ? Ok, thanks again. 🤠👌

I've been waiting for a new video😊

How about some spooky ol' West tales for October? Bill could probably verify the authentic ones.

You do such a great job on your research . Funny ending lol

love your videos

Very cool Santee! looks like 3 people have no clue of what a good video is ;-) love the show my friend!

This video brought back some fond memories. A cowboy needed stuff and a trip to town was always worth the effort. Gotta buy stuff. Seems there were a lot of famous mercs out there. What about mail order saddles, tack, and gun leather? Heiser had their own slogan. And Monkey Ward sold about everything. I bought my first real hat from Ward's back in '64. You ended this mercantile topic at the perfect spot to continue with a mail order segment. Whaddya say?

You should do belt buckles

Love

Damn, just damn. Love your channel. Keep having fun. Did you ever do anything with Cowboy Kent Rollins? If you did great. Do another if you did.

If I ain't got it on my shelf you likely don't need it anyway 😜

Dude I love little house on the prairie

Wasn't it the White Front Store (Utah, Wyoming area) with the motto "If we don't have it, You don't need it!"

I would love some $3 Ivory grips for my Colt

1:51 ~ The irony is, if you order something online today, it could take a couple of months to reach you; due to the planetary pandemic.

ENJOYED WATCHING AS ALWAYS. STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE DOGS IN THE WEST.

Hey there Santee, been enjoying your videos and was wondering if you might have any history about the Wells Fargo strong box's every stage robber wanted to get his hands on.

Who is your favorite cowboy mine is Jesse James and Robert Ford I am related to them both of them

Hey Santee can u do a video of all the army generals of the old west

Thanks for the knowledge Sir and i would like some ivory grips for my Ruger 357 Magnum if they cost 2 dollars and 96 cents.

Santee I'm a new sub, l really enjoyed the video. By the way the mature lady reminds me of Granny from the Beverly hills billies.

Hey Santee. How about doing some videos on various famous people from the Old West?, you know like mini bios

Since you talk about wild west I was curious about if they wear gloves in wild west

Hey Santee. Where is the original Tunstill Merchantile located today? Have never heard of this one. Another great video my friend!

Great video. Just discovered your channel. I would like to know how was the school or the education back there.

Awsome 🤠🤠🤠

Could you do an episode on Coca-Cola or other soft drinks in the late West?

Sante do one on spurs.

Santee is that true what jerry said bloomingdales make colt grips and what other revolver manufacturer grips did they make?

Coludidos you do old west barber shops