Ranz+and+Brenner+Harness+Shop

The United States was a land of opportunity. Many businesses thrived with hard work. Businesses had to change and grow with the environment. Medina village was founded in 1816. America was recovering from a war and emerging into an industrialized nation. All Fired Up used to Ranz and Brenner Harness Shop, and there still exists a permanent stain from the oils used on the harnesses. The harness shop existed before the second fire of Medina in 1870 and was rebuilt afterwards. The fire could possibly have started in this shop and then the winds carried it, burning down many shops along the square. When harness shop was rebuilt, the creation of automobiles did not exist. It was necessary not only for transportation but for the fact that medina was a developing city and the majority of the land was used for farming. Horses were used to help with labor and also kept as animals for leisure rides as the autoobiles became to be. As industrialization reached its peak and the stock market was booming, automobiles became popular and the horse shop then became unnecessary. During the 1920s, Brenner, the owner of the shop, committed suicide and now the building is supposedly haunted. The reason of his suicide is still under investigation, but business was certainly slowing as travel by horse declined with the rise of the automobiles. The square was experiencing a lot of the new wealth before the depression. Consumers could afford other modes of transportation over horse and buggy. Ranz and Brenner failed to keep up with the changes in the surrounding world. The location of Ranz and Brenner fell and was replaced by Berry and Ritters Hardware Co.