The American General Store Is a Symbol of Enterprise and Exceptionalism
(Image credit: Salena Zito) BUCKSTOWN, Pa. — The Duppstadt’s Country Store, sitting high on a plateau along the Lincoln Highway between Stoystown and Reels Corner, has served Somerset County residents and weary travelers since 1903. When you open the heavy wooden door and hear it creak with age, you get the sense you have entered somewhere special. Not because it has stayed frozen in time, but because it has stood the test of time — surviving all the winds of change while adjusting and prevailing through every decade it has stood on its perch. From Civil War veterans stopping on their w...