SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On this edition of Throwback Thursday, Lori Kent with the Local Lou Podcast tells us about Fantle’s.
“Charles and his wife, Regina, were both immigrants from Austria. He starts this little mercantile store, and they start a family. They have a bunch of kids, and his store does well in Ann Arbor, Michigan. So, once his kids are getting older, he sends two of the older boys out to Yankton, South Dakota, where they start a Fantle’s Department Store, referred to as ‘The Big Store,’” said Kent.
An interesting fact about the Fantle’s store in Yankton was that it had a live monkey in the store…