The Old Broughton's Store And GunShop

By The Armadillo From Amarillo
Published/Last Modified on Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:14 AM CDT

Does anyone remember what was located in that store before it became Broughton's Grocery Store and who owned it? Also, just a little farther down Main Street there was a very small liquor store. Does anyone remember the name of it and who owned it?

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    history girl wrote on Oct 21, 2009 2:46 PM:

    " the old broughton grocery store was once owned by the gaines, the gaines had a store there during the years of the 1950's, during the years of 1940's and 1950's it was owned by the GAines family and during world war II the gaines had a grocery store there. "

    Bayou Boy wrote on Oct 19, 2009 5:23 PM:

    " Floyd and Ethel Davis Caulkin had the old store before Mr. PW. The Caulkin's still own the old building. The Broughton's bought the lot next to the old store and built a new store which houses the DMV today.
    The Broughton's what great people! "

    liquor store wrote on Oct 19, 2009 3:41 PM:

    " The Liquor store was owned by Sammy Caulking and no the Caulkings did not own a grocery store just the liquor store. "

    Chaney Menard Melvin wrote on Oct 19, 2009 1:39 PM:

    " Sorry so not remember who owned the store before my family. My Great Uncle P.W. owned it when it was Broughton's but before that I do not recall. "

    Good Ole Times wrote on Oct 19, 2009 9:31 AM:

    " I remember alot about Broughtons Grocery. Our family did all there grocery buying then. At that time we had a large family and were able to charge there, not something you see now a days. We spent alot of time there, since Mr Broughton(Mr PW) also had a gun shop in the back. I remember a few times while my dad was in the gun shop we would help sack the onions and potatoes to be sold. Matter of fact Lucien the youngest son has The Landing Restaurant in Bayou Landing. "

    Bushmaster .223 wrote on Oct 18, 2009 7:31 PM:

    " Yep, remember that store well. Spent a lot of time in there. Mr. Broughton and ran it with his family. There were a bunch of brothers and sisters, John, Lucian, Liz, Mary, Molly. I'm sure I left a few out. Mr. Broughton had a .50 cal mounted in there...they were some really nice people. I miss them and their store. "

    The Armadillo From Amarillo wrote on Oct 18, 2009 6:12 PM:

    " The Caulkins must have owned a lot of the property in that area. I was told that the Broughton's store was previously a grocery store owned by the Caulkins. "

    TC wrote on Oct 18, 2009 7:31 AM:

    " Don't ever remember anything in the old Broughton's store except Broughtons. The little liquor stand was "Sammy's" run by Sammy Caulkin. "

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