Stevens Point Distribution Center LLC history

Other prominent Stevens Point businesses include the Stevens Point Brewery, which opened its doors in 1857.

In July 1885, a fire was caused by two lads throwing fire crackers into a pile of sawdust.

The water supply system was originally installed in 1888, by the Stevens Point Water Company, with the supply being obtained from the Wisconsin River.

Copps people have delivered the goods since 1892.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, opening as the Stevens Point Normal School in 1894, became the first university in the nation to offer a major in conservation.

One year later, in 1896, Jack Frost began selling homemade fishing flies, a business that made Stevens Point into the "Fly-tackle Capital of the World."

In 1897, young Alfred took it upon himself to sell a rail car of molasses to area retailers.

When the Spanish-American War was declared in 1898, Alfred was one of the first to volunteer, satisfied to do his part for the country, returning to the business in the following year.

After Chandler's death in 1942, Don's other brother, Gordon, took over in the sales department.

Alfred joined the United Buyers group of wholesalers, becoming a board member and serving until 1944.

From its humble beginnings in 1970, Steel King has grown to be a premier supplier with a national reputation for manufacturing competitively priced, quality non-powered material handling products.

The prototype Superstore, with 60,000 square feet of shopping space, was opened in 1984, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.