Davis' Big & Tall

In 1902, the field of Shreveport, Louisiana known as West End was a bustling neighborhood of working-class families and businesses. That year, William Hamilton Davis opened a general merchandise store on Texas avenue selling work clothes, shoes, hats, and tobacco. At the time, the store was known as W. H. Davis General Merchandise (later becoming Davis' Men's Store when W. H.s son took over the store many years later) In 1902, there was a train yard in West End and Davis himself was a former railroad man.