history

On December 8th, 1983 John Keith bought the 97 year-old Lee Hardware in McGregor, Texas from G.W. Lee. John started out making it a point to meet just about everyone who came into the store. We continue to try that grand tradition in all of our stores now as we strive to be the best and most knowledgeable in the hardware business and provide our customers with TEXAS SIZE SERVICE.

Through the years we have been blessed with good leadership and great employees, not to mention the best customers in the world, that has enabled us to grow into other communities outside of McGregor.

After the McGregor store we opened our store in Hewitt, Texas in 1985 in the Lone Star Plaza. In 1988 business had grown and we had to build a bigger building at 1508 N. Hewitt Dr., which is currently Texas Goodwill Industries. Again business grew and in January of 1997 we had to build an even larger store at it current location at 1424 N. Hewitt Dr. The store is currently in the city limits of Waco, Texas, but we still consider it to be our Hewitt Store.

After the Hewitt store, we opened our store in Clifton, Texas in 1987 at 621 W. 5th St. Again we were blessed with great customers and in August of 1998 we started moving to our current location at 604 N. Ave. G.

In early 1998 we bought the Hubbard Hardware Store, in Hubbard, Texas. We reopened under our name in March of 1998 at 701 E. Hwy. 31.

During the summer of 2001 we bought the 100 year-old Rush-Gardner & Bartlett of Marlin, Texas. We reopened under our name in October of 2001 at 122 Live Oak.

During the spring of 2002 we bought Red Oak Ace Hardware in Red Oak, Texas. We reopened under our name in April of 2002 at 154 E. Ovilla Rd.

In March of 2003 we broke ground on our largest free standing building in Brady, Texas. We opened the doors on August 11th at 2210 S. Bridge St.

In July of 2006 we bought Lorena Hardware and Feed in Lorena, Texas. We reopened under our name at 201 S. Frontage Rd.

We continue to strive to serve all of our current customers at the highest level possible and we hope that we can continue to grow and hopefully be blessed to become YOUR local Hardware store where-ever you might be.