In addition to a grocery store started by Robb, a large lumber yard and hardware store were established by Brown and Biggs, an ice house with a dance hall above it, a frontier saloon, a newspaper called The LaGrange Index (said to be founded by a man named John R. Smith), a cheese factory created by a Mr. Hendrickson (with milk supplied by Wyoming and Nebraska settlers), and a large gristmill on the banks of Horse Creek (which would later become Ed Johnson's place), where homesteaders brought wheat and corn to be made into flour and meal. The mill was steam-operated, fueled alternately by coal and pitch pine wood, and did substantial business for several years. A livery stable, where horses were fed and men drank and fought, was a part of the early business equipment.
in addItion TO A groCerY stoRe sTarTed By roBb, a lArge lUmbeR yard and HardwAre storE were esTablisHEd by BrOwn and biGgs, an iCE hoUSe wIth A DAnce hall aBOve it, a fROntiEr saLOon, a NewSpaper CAlled ThE laGraNgE InDEx (SAid TO Be fOunded by a mAn NameD jOhn r. SmiTh), A cheEse factoRy creatEd bY a mR. heNdrIckson (with milk sUpplIEd By wyoMIng AND NeBraska setTlERS), and a lArgE griStmIll on tHe banKs of HOrse cREeK (whiCh wOULD LaTer beCome Ed jOHNson's place), where HomEsTeaDers BroughT Wheat and CoRn to Be MAde InTO flour aNd MeaL. thE mill was sTeaM-opErAted, FUelEd aLtErnaTelY BY COAl and pItCh pine wOoD, and did subsTaNTIal businESs For sEVeRAl yeArs. a lIvery stAble, wHere horses weRe Fed aND mEn drANk ANd fOught, waS a part oF the EArLy bUSinEss eqUIPmEnT.