Samuel Cossairt, was the managing partner of the general merchandise store named S. Cossairt & Co. In 1866 his parents and others of his family came to Meeker County in the vicinity of Eden Valley and settled there. There were no neighbors between them and Manannah or Forest City. In October 1886, Samuel was appointed postmaster of Eden Lake, and when the office was changed to Eden Valley, he was reappointed. At the age of twenty-three, he, along with E. L. Parker, opened a store in Litchfield. Three months later, the firm started a branch in Eden Valley, with Samuel as the manager and he ran it until March 1888. Then, he bought our Parker and he and his father, Silas, and brother, George B., started S. Cossairt & Co.