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The Mercantile was once again proud to be the primary sponsor of the 2008 Larimer County Fair, located near our store at "The Barn" in Loveland, Colorado, August 1-5. |
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The Mercantile was pleased to announce the addition of Mike Brown to our Headquarters staff.
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The Mercantile was pleased to partner with our friends at Poudre Valley Co-op to provide soil testing for our neighbors. Soil testing took place from April-June, 2008, and greatly benefited not only our farmers and ranchers, but also are home gardeners with the information they needed to create the perfect soil enviornment fof their needs this year. Thanks, Poudre Valley Co-op for your continued no-charge assistance to our customers. |
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 The Mercantile of Ogallala held its 2007 Big Buck Contest. Click here to see the entrants and winners. Some outstanding entries this year! Congratulations to all our entrants and especially our winners. We hope you'll join us for the Big Buck Contest again next year! |
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 The Mercantile is is pleased to announce an arrangement with COBRA -- the Colorado Owners and Breeders of Racing Arabians -- which allows COBRA members to enjoy a 20% discount on all Webstore purchases. Please be sure to type "COBRA" in the comments box when you submit your order online, or mention COBRA if you place your order by phone, to ensure you receive COBRA's 20% discount. Click the link on the COBRA logo or for more information, or use the following contact info:
PO Box 130,
Monument, CO 80132. CO Breed Rep: Kathy Vinson (719) 339-8007 |
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The Mercantile was the proud sponsor of a team at the Professional Team Bull Riding, Inc., "Chute Out" at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, CO on April 14, 2007. Click the PTBR logo to view their site, check the upcoming events and the entire gallery of photos. Here's a couple of photos of our guys in action. Click on the photo and it'll take you to the full-size image on the PTBR site.
 
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 Radar is a Belgian Draft Horse featured in the 2006 Guinness World Record Book as the
Tallest Living Horse. Radar Stands 19 Hands 3 1/2 Inches (6' 7 1/2" at the withers) and weighs over 2,400 lbs. Radar eats 18 lbs. of grain, 40 lbs. of hay, and drinks 20 gallons of water each day. Radar, a gelding, was born in 1998 in Iowa.
He was at our Spearfish, SD store on 8/17 and at our Loveland, CO store on 8/19. He was at our Torrington, WY store on October 13 and our Scottsbluff, NE store on October 14. If you stopped by and took a picture of yourself with RADAR, send it to webmaster@themercantile.net and we'll post it online!
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 Traveling the United States for two years now, the Carhartt show car brings excitement and enthusiasm for the sport of NASCAR.
The #17 car was at our Spearfish, SD store on 8/25; at our Scottsbluff, NE store on 8/26; and at our Ogallala, NE store on 8/27. If you stopped by and took a picture, send it to webmaster@themercantile.net and we'll post it on our site!
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The Mercantile, in addition to the Farm and Ranch Museum, is a sponsor of Oregon Trail Days. This year, The Mercantile's clothing department provided the outfits for the contestants vying for a place on the Court. Click here for a photo of the winners. If you'd like to see/purchase any of the photos used to judge the pageant, click here.
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The Mercantile adds an American Pride section to the web site for the purpose of honoring our Neighbors' loved ones in service to our Nation. Neighbors may submit photos and descriptions for inclusion on The Mercantile's Web site
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First annual dog pull at our Loveland store. [February 2006  18KB pdf]
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New Spearfish, SD location—March 2006. To see photos of our Grand Opening prize winners click here.[March 2006 18KB pdf]
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Oregon Trail Days Pageant Winners
Queen-Tori Foreman :: Princess- Jennifer Aguire :: 2nd Runner up- Ashley Weinreis
Teen Queen-Jessica Littlejohn :: Teen Princess-Jessica Flippin :: 2nd Runner up- Taylor Ziegler
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