sentences:  The building was destroyed by fire in January 1977, and the plant never reopened.The J.J. Putnam general merchandise store operated for many years on the southeast corner of Pickens Road and Curtis Avenue, first in a wooden structure that burnt down prior to 1914 and then in a replacement cement block building, which still stands.The Stroud family opened their first retail business in Pea Ridge, co-owned by Allen Bryant Stroud (1831–1914) and his son Harlan Lafayette (H.L.)