Hi y'all. Newbie here.

Wonder how many drivers know the story of 84 Lumber

84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. Within five-years of its founding, 84 Lumber began an expansion program, opening new company-owned building materials stores with the company's "no-frills" approach to keep overhead low. As the company grew, stores were reformatted from the traditional warehouse with many expanded to include kitchen and bath design centers, door shops, engineered wood product centers and expanded door and window displays.

Wonder how many drivers know the story of Eighty Four,PA

Eighty Four was originally named Smithville. Due to postal confusion with another town of the same name, its name was changed to "Eighty Four" on July 28, 1884.[SUP][3][/SUP] Though the origin of the name is uncertain, it has been speculated that the town was named in honour of Grover Cleveland's 1884 election as President of the United States, or for the town's mile marker on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.[SUP][3][/SUP] Another theory states that the town was named after the year that the town's post office was built, by a postmaster who "didn't have a whole lot of imagination."[SUP][4][/SUP]

 

There is one near my house. Wife asked me not long ago where the name came from. Now I have an answer.

 

Well greetings all from down south. I guess I wasn't the only one that decided it was a good time to join the forum. I'm actually long overdue, because I've silently gathered wisdom and advice from the "Old Timers" on here for many moons. So now I thought it was high time to join the family.