Written by Frank Weir.
Photos: Frank Weir or as credit.
In 1958 Walt Strange owned a successful lawn, garden and pet supply store located in Highland Park Illinois, a suburb approximately 24 miles north of downtown Chicago on the edge of Lake Michigan. His younger brother Herb helped in the business and their mother Lois came in a few days a week to assist with the bookkeeping. The company was known as the Evans Garden and Pet Supply Store.