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Three Generations of Ashtons Run Vernal Hardware Empire
The Ashton family has owned Vernal’s Ashton Store since 1905 beginning with Leslie Ashton. Rae Ashton expanded and managed nine department operations and a truck fleet serving Utah Colorado Nevada and Idaho. The business grew through Roosevelt Duchesne Vernal and Hebron locations, with family members Rae Ralph Stewart and others guiding through 1943 dissolution and postwar expansion.
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Ashtons
Ashton
Leslie Ashton
Hardware and
Vernal
Learies Electric and Appliance
George Walk
Louise Jorgenson
Salt Lake
Watson
Leslie
Rae
New Ashton Brothers Company of
Nevada
Idaho
Coloago
Utah
Stewart Ashton
Reo
Mis
Ralph
Eve
American Legion Auxiliary
Roosevelt
Leslie Ashton and Sons Company
Clarence B. Ashton
Z Xouns
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Versnal
Ashton-Kelly Merc
Ashton-Kelsent
Jey
Stan
Lynn Ashton
Duchesne
Howard B. Woolley
Lowe
Bonneville Lumber Company
Heber
Ver Wal
Stewart