❧ Stewart & Sons Mercantile

After relocating most of the Stewart family to McCurtain County, Oklahoma from Red River County, Texas, the family supplemented their farming with the creation of the Stewart & Sons Mercantile in Holly Creek, about 300 yards east of the junction of Holly Creek and what is now called the Old Broken Bow Highway. This store quickly became a core part of the growing community.

While predominately owned by Rufus, eldest son Marvin Ware would also take on the mantle of Post Master of the Holly Creek Post Office in late 1919. The prior Holly Creek Post Office, under Post Master William W. Morris, had been suspended by the Postal Agency for unknown reasons the previous year. Joseph Stewart would act as mail carrier.

It's unknown when the store and post office closed.