The Green Block

This structure was erected by Alfred A. Thompson in 1840 and has continuously served the community as a mercantile building for nearly 160 years. It was the base of A.A. Thompson’s extensive fur trading operation with annual auctions attracting buyers from as far afield as Australia, New York, London and Berlin. When money was short in the mid- nineteenth century, it was one of the few placed where farmers could get cash for their produce. (Pictured in its original state)