Store Profiles: The Jones Store

In 1887, J. Logan Jones founded The Cyclone, a store in Stafford, Kansas. But in 1890, Jones moved the store to Kansas City, Kansas, where it was renamed the Jones Dry Goods Company. In 1900, it became known as The Jones Store, and in 1901, Jones opened the chain's flagship store at the corner of 12th Street and Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

During the 1960s, the store became part of Mercantile Stores. When Dillard's acquired Mercantile in 1998, The Jones Store was spun off to May, and the chain's operations were integrated with Famous-Barr and L.S. Ayers operations in St. Louis.

The Jones Store: 1900 to September 9, 2006 at 9:30am CST