In 1905 one of the brothers bought out the other brother and renamed it to F.J. Kokesh Hardware. In 1928 one of the son's got involved and renamed it back to Kokesh Hardware. The infamous story of how Kokesh's and Kraemer's (Kraemer's True Value, Which was Kraemer's General store founded in 1909) are related leaves most people confused.
Kraemer sisters (Rose & Margaret) married Kokesh cousins. Fast forward to 1950's when Kokesh Hardware moved into a new building. To make it possible to move into a new building without having to move the inventory out, they just moved the building right on to 10th Ave N in Hopkins. In 1950's, Paul Kokesh left Kraemer's in Glen Lake and started working at Kokesh Hardware.
Kraemer sisters (Rose & Margaret) married Kokesh cousins. Fast forward to 1950's when Kokesh Hardware moved into a new building. To make it possible to move into a new building without having to move the inventory out, they just moved the building right on to 10th Ave N in Hopkins. In 1950's, Paul Kokesh left Kraemer's in Glen Lake and started working at Kokesh Hardware.
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Steve Wolsfeld
Nov 28, 2021
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Anna Cliffe
Nov 20, 2021
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We purchased a Traeger the Friday after thanksgiving and it was delivered to our house, assembled, the very next day! What was even more impressive to me was the follow up of their hand written thank you note letting us know they are there if we have any questions with the grill. Although this isn’t the closest hardware store to us, we will go out of our way for future purchases!
Richard Ford
Oct 31, 2021
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Tanner Luhm
Sep 21, 2021
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Purchased a back pack leaf blower for in-store pick up. Was given the wrong blower only to be notified later the same day I needed to return it. Returned the incorrect blower the next day. Received the correct blower but went to use it and the blower tube fails to stay attached. Ace in long lake has informed me that any online purchases are not eligible for in store return. And that those returns need to be dealt with directly with Ace.com. After spending $400+ dollars and making two separate trips due to the stores mistake, I am told I will have to fix the blower myself or deal with Ace.com. Very
Ashleigh Haney
Sep 21, 2021
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Jeannette Plana
Jul 30, 2021
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Dan Schaefer
Jun 03, 2021
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I'm way overdue for this review, but here we go! I ordered a new grill, and aside from ME not reading the fine print when ordering online (saying exactly that because of COVID the grill would be dropped in front of my house and there would be no contact), everything was great! I only laugh at it, because I sat around waiting for a delivery, to go outside my house and find the grill sitting there. I figure I missed a knock on the door at some point, by that's on me! I was most impressed by the handwritten Thank You note that I got. I have an Ace much closer to me, but I've been driving an extra
Deborah Hodges
Mar 26, 2021
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Aaron Brown
Mar 04, 2021
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MooseGotGame
Feb 19, 2021
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Purchased something from a different ace location that all ace stores stock, When I drove there to return the defective item that i got from a different ace store. The lady at this store told me "we can't return it here because we don't stock this item at this location". Which is not true because they do have it and the website shows its available at every ace location. This just happens to be my local one.. But that's not all, after going back and forth, she told me she needs to make a quick call to the boss to see if he is "OK with returning it", She gets on the phone and make me wait around