Posted on 02/17/2014 3:24:50 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Cabela's Incorporated (CAB) announced that Richard N. Cabela, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, passed away today at his home in Sidney. He was 77.
Dick, along with his wife, Mary, and brother, Jim, founded Cabela’s somewhat inadvertently in 1961 when he purchased $45 worth of hand-tied fishing flies while in Chicago on a furniture and housewares buying trip with his father for the family’s Chappell, Neb., furniture store. With the flies not moving off the store shelf, Dick came upon the idea of selling them through the mail. His first ad, in a Casper, Wyo., newspaper, produced one sale. Rethinking his situation, Dick placed an ad in Sports Afield magazine: “FREE introductory offer!!! 5 popular Grade A hand-tied flies. Send 25c for postage and handling …” Orders started coming in and Mary typed the names and addresses of each customer on recipe cards and placed them in a shoebox. Realizing the potential for mail-order sales, Dick purchased more fishing gear and he and Mary produced a three-page mimeographed catalog which was mailed with each order.
Today, Cabela’s is a $3.6 billion company with a worldwide catalog and Internet business and 50 stores in the United States and Canada.
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Herein Washington state we have had a Cabela’s 50 miles south and one on the east side of the mountains for many years. Just in the last couple years we got one 20 miles to the north.
If it were not for Seattle, we would have a lot of good conservatives in this state.
Looks like its from the Hawk Mountain preserve. I used to hunt turkey about 3 miles from there in the state game lands. You can park on top and leisurely bike or walk in. there is a lovely spot just past the fire tower on the road up from Port Clinton. it faces north toward Frackville. sgl 106 i belive. nice country
We in CA keep sending our liberals to you. They ruined our state now they want yours.
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Cabela's and Dietrich's meats in Krumsville is my idea of a perfect day.
Also count in Steel City, Pittsburgh as well. Otherwise PA would be red if it was not for the two PA ciites.
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