1951 W.R. Jackson Feed & Seed store on E Washington St. existed as early as 1932. They specialized in garden seed, Purina Chow for livestock and poultry and insecticides.
1931
1934
Many Brownsville residents recall seeing baby chicken hatch-lings produced in Mr. Jackson’s 12,000 egg incubator. W.R. Jackson was a pharmacist who came from North Texas to manage the F.G. Jackson Company.
He also manufactured a roach and ant poison with a money back guarantee. The store was relocated in the early 1990’s to its present location at 1755 E 7th St. which was originally a warehouse on 7th and Van Buren which stored freight delivered from the nearby railroad that is now a bike trail.
Junk -N- Treasure photo / Nora Vasquez
1934
1953
1972
They added Western wear to their line of
products in the late 1960s and found added success. 
The store on 7th & Ringgold St. Photo by Eddie Sanchez.
The building was relocated to 7th
and Ringgold to accommodate space for the new Federal Courthouse. Its present owner is Oscar Garcia who
purchased the business in 1986 and retained the WR Jackson Company name.
Here's another building next to a railroad from 1934. It looks like it says "Benavides" on the sign. Anybody know anything about this? Let us know what you know and we'll pass it along. Thanks to Veronica Lerma & friend for posting this.
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