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Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store

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Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store

West Mineral, KS | Cherokee County

"The story of the Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store is one that represents the wider history of the Cherokee-Crawford coal field. In this store, which was active between circa 1915 and 1982, the Soffietti and Boccia families not only provided groceries, hardware, cloth, and feed, they provided a welcome contrast to the 'company stores' owned by the various coal companies dominating the region. Where company stores exploited the miner, the owners of the Soffietti-Boccia Store went out of their way to support their customers and neighbors. This customer base was comprised mostly of Eastern and Mediterranean European immigrants who arrived in Cherokee County seeking a better life than the ones they left in Europe." The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is drive by only.

Commerce    Historic Building    History    Italian    Mining    NRHP

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