Car Dealerships

Car Dealerships Revisited; Sauk Rapids Edition
Car Dealerships Revisited; Sauk Rapids Edition
Car Dealerships Revisited; Sauk Rapids Edition
Oakland Pontiac was located at 2 Broadway Avenue North in Sauk Rapids. Broadway Avenue is now Benton Drive. Oakland Pontiac was located where Lost Times Tavern is now. Grabinski says that location used to be many things after it was a car dealership.
St. Cloud Area Car Dealerships Revisited; Part Two
St. Cloud Area Car Dealerships Revisited; Part Two
St. Cloud Area Car Dealerships Revisited; Part Two
In part I of WJON's St. Cloud area car dealership history tour we focused on downtown St. Cloud. We covered many but didn't get to all of them. This feature will look at more downtown St. Cloud dealerships. Local Historian Jim Grabinski joined me on WJON.
Car Dealerships Revisited; Downtown St. Cloud
Car Dealerships Revisited; Downtown St. Cloud
Car Dealerships Revisited; Downtown St. Cloud
John Tenvoorde led a group of dutch settlers from Pennsylvania, then to Indiana and then St. Cloud. His son Steve in 1901 began selling cars from his bicycle shop in downtown St. Cloud. He signed the second Ford franchise on March 21, 1903, before Ford Motor Co. was incorporated that June.