PICTURES TELL THE PAYSON STORY -- PAYSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: PAYSON CO-OP

The Payson Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution was organized in 1869, writes L. Dee Stevenson of the Payson Historical Society in this week's column, "Pictures Tell The Payson Story." They were originally located in the Hancock Building, located on the southeast corner of today’s Main Street and 100 North. In 1872 they had a new building erected at 11 South Main, just south of the Payson Exchange Bank. The organization was reorganized and T. H. Wilson was appointed manager. Years later, in 1898, Mr. Wilson bought the business and it continued as T. H. Wilson and Sons until about 1922. He then sold his stock to ZCMI in Salt Lake City. His son, Stanley, served as manager for about eighteen months.