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HARTIG DRUG COMPANY
HARTIG DRUG COMPANY. Family-owned chain of pharmacies. Founded in 1904 by Albert J. HARTIG, the company began in a store at First and Locust STREETS in Dubuque. Following the death of Albert Hartig in 1964, the corporate stock was owned by David and Kenneth Hartig. Kenneth Hartig became the sole owner in 1970 by purchasing all the corporate stock. Despite Kenneth's death in 1973, the family decided to continue the company.
Richard HARTIG purchased all the corporate stock in 1984. The company owned additional stores in Dubuque and Oelwein before starting a branch in Galena in 1975. The two Holscher's Apothecary operations were purchased in 1977 and combined in 1980 to form Hartig Homecare, a home health and pharmacy, located at Kennedy Road and Pennsylvania Avenue.
In 1985 Hartig opened a pharmacy in Dyersville and began its affiliation with Snyder Drug Stores of Minneapolis. In 1989 the company purchased a building at 703 Town Clock Plaza and renovated it to serve as a drug store and the corporate offices. Hartig Homecare in 1992 was subdivided into Hartig Homecare and Hartig Nursing Home Services.
By 1996 the Hartig Drug Company operated seven Hartig Snyder Drug Stores, Hartig Homecare and Hartig Nursing Home Services. In the same year, the Hartig family announced the transfer through a charitable gift of the former Hartig Building at 700 Town Clock Plaza to Northeast Iowa Community College.