In 1885, J. J. Sundquist of Norwood moved to Dassel, built a store building, and put in a stock of drugs. In a few months, he disposed of the drugs and opened a small general store with a photograph gallery. He sold the store and then operated the gallery by itself for many years. Tin-types were now a thing of the past and Sundquist did regular photographs. The first harness shop in Dassel was started by Theodore A. Pramhus in 1885, and later on, he sold out to M. Halvorson. In 1891, Halvorson sold the business to John Sandell. John ran it until 1894 when he closed it out. The stock and tools were sold to Frank Rudberg who opened a shop which he operated until 1901 when he sold out to the Brown Hardware Co. Frank worked for them. Later on, he did the same work in the hardware store of Fred Rudberg and then for many years with S. N. Gayner & Company and the Gayner Brothers. Peter Johnson opened the second lumber yard of Dassel in 1885 and he sold it to John Rudberg in 1887. The Grand Hotel was built by Peter in 1887 and its first landlord was Edward Taylor. It was destroyed by fire in 1903 and not rebuilt.