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The Biggest Store East of Skiyou

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Cascade Supply, Inc., in Concrete, Washington, is the “You name it – We got it” store. They aren’t kidding. There is more packed into this downtown store than you could ever imagine. If you love a good hardware store or lumber yard, this place is a piece of heaven.

Cascade Supply Hardware
Cascade Supply Lumber and Builders Supply. The locals know where Skiyou is. 
Full line hardware store
They aren’t kidding about
“You name it, we got it.”

The owner, Don, told me that a customer may come wanting three things. If he doesn’t have any one of them, the customer is just as likely to leave empty handed, knowing they have to make a trip to the big box store half an hour away. While I was there four people came in with varied requests, and Don met them all. That’s how you survive in a small town.

Since he’s owned the store for less than a decade, he’s still something of a newcomer in town, or so he says.

Don, the hardware store owner
Don is the owner,
and knows where everything is.

Being in the Cascade Range, fishing and hunting and camping are big around here. Don supplies them all, including the firearms. After a rare break-in, they’ve had to move the guns into a safe. They did keep the rock the thief used to smash the window, though. And they still sell ammo, too.

I found about four things I’d been looking for, but didn’t have room in my carry-on to take any of them home. Next time, I’ll have Don ship it for me. He said he would.

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About Becky McCray

Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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  1. I am very privileged to have a store like this within walking distance of my house – an Ace Hardware. It’s small but they have a TON of stuff – and even a post office!

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