A very laid back Friday at the Smith Sherlock Company Store

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First page of invoice from the Wright & Wilhelmy Company to the Smith Sherlock Company Store, South Pass City, Wyoming 
First page of an invoice from Wright & Wilhelmy Company.

Gator and I met up at 8:00 and took sarsaparilla to the Miner’s Exchange Saloon and made it back before our weekly staff meeting started. Most of the information covered was routine, so the meeting wasn't too long. Afterwards, we all headed over to the Smith Sherlock Company Store for a staff (and volunteer) photo.

After the photo shoot, I went into the archives and continued my work digitizing invoices for the Smith Sherlock Company Store. I ran across one from the Wright & Wilhelmy Company, a hardware vendor, that included several items of fishing equipment, including a number flies (see above and below). I've started trying to keep an eye out for fishing supplies.

Second page of invoice from the Wright & Wilhelmy Company to the Smith Sherlock Company Store, South Pass City, Wyoming 
Second page of the invoice (above) from the Wright & Wilhelmy Company.
 

I’ve now digitized about three years of invoices, but have not had a chance to really examine them, but I am really surprised by the amount of butter that passed through the store and, especially, the numbers of cookies, candies, and other treats.

I opened Smith Sherlock Company Store at noon and didn’t have a visitor until 1:15. For a while, then, it was like a bus had pulled in, pretty consistent, then things tapered off by 2:30 and no one came in afterwards. Overall, about 26 people stopped by and at least ten of them were on their way back from the English Tunnel tour.

Most of the afternoon was really laid back, except for that one 75 minute period, and I had time to organize invoice files that I had digitized during the past two weeks.

At 4:00, I closed up the store and noticed that no one had come to pick up Gator and his sarsaparilla. I grabbed a Ranger and picked him up and we put the leftover sarsaparilla back in the refrigerator in the shop.

Connie and I headed for the trailer and relaxed a bit before I grilled a couple of tuna steaks for dinner.

I was overcast and cool today, so I relaxed and read after dinner.

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