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Holyoke Cooperative Association is pictured as it was in 1959. In that same year, a propane plant and delivery equipment were purchased. The co-op, which is now CHS Grainland, hit the century mark earlier this year. — Source: History of Phillips County, Colorado, Volume II

 

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The local cooperative’s produce department opened in a building east of the service station in 1928. It was used as a market for eggs, poultry, hides and furs. It is pictured here about 1935. — Source: Phillips County Museum

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The co-op’s mill received a feed mixing machine and hammer mill grinder in 1931. In 1936, the milling of flour was discontinued at the location. — Source: Phillips County Museum

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The first concrete elevators for Holyoke Co-op were built in 1947. This picture appeared in the Aug. 10, 1995, edition of The Holyoke Enterprise, celebrating the Holyoke Cooperative Association’s 75th anniversary. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications File Photo

Cooperative serves community for century

This past May marked the 100-year anniversary of CHS Grainland.

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Holyoke Enterprise

970-854-2811 (Phone)

130 N Interocean Ave
PO Box 297
Holyoke CO 80734