Hunt Companies Inc

History

The roots of the Hunt companies trace back to the Hunt family settling in the Southwest.  An early Hunt generation followed the Santa Fe Trail from the Midwest and arrived by covered wagon in the Cimarron territory of New Mexico.  Subsequently, Marion Lewis (M.L.) Hunt, one of the sons of that generation, made his home in El Paso, Texas.

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1947 1955

Brothers Jack and Kelly Hunt joined with their father, M. L. Hunt, as equal partners in forming Hunt Sales Company, a retail lumber, hardware, and building materials store in El Paso. Construction contracting was soon added.