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Transcribed by Sharon Elijah November 20, 2020
Andrew Park, proprietor of livery, feed and sale stable, Carroll, is located on Fourth street, one block east of the Lynch House. He keeps in stock good driving horses, and fine carriages and saddle horses. Horses are bought and sold, or exchanged, rates reasonable, and satisfaction guaranteed. The genial proprietor was born in Scotland, August 3, 1852, the son of Andrew and Sophia (Milligan) Park. When he was five years of age his parents immigrated to America and located in Delaware County, New York, where he was reared and educated. In 1869 he removed to Iowa, Linn County, where he resided until 1871, then removed to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was engaged in the smelting business until 1877. At that time he removed to Wyoming, where for four years he was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and assisted in laying the rails from Laramie, Wyoming, to North Platte, Nebraska, and on the Julesburg extension from Denver Junction to La Salle, Colorado. In 1880 he removed to Fort Collins, Colorado, where he assisted in building railroads for some time. In 1881 he located at Carroll, and engaged in the business of agriculture with his brother, D. H. Park, which he continued until January, 1886, when he was employed as traveling salesman for Aultman, Miller & Co., of Ohio. In August he engaged in the livery business, which he has since followed, and with good success. Mr. Park is a member of Signet Lodge, No. 264, A.F. & A.M., and also of the Knights of Labor. By his courteous manners and honest dealings he has made many friends, and is receiving the liberal patronage he so richly deserves.~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~