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Estados Unidos 59634, Montana, Clancy, P.O. Box 125
Gary Marks, who grew up in Clancy on the family ranch, started producing and selling fence posts as a sideline while attending vocational technical school. Realizing the need to supplement his income and also supply posts for the family ranch, Gary and his father got the opportunity to purchase a homemade post peeler from a nearby rancher and post supplier. Late summer of 1975, Gary obtained a contract to provide posts for a Montana Department of Highways job and needed help to fill the order. Gary hired Darrell Miller, who is married to his wife’s cousin, to help him. In January of 1976 he asked Darrell if he would like to become a partner and Marks-Miller Post and Pole was formed.
Luckily, Gary’s wife Debbie and Darrell’s wife Karen each had a job that enabled them to provide food and clothing for their families. As a result, Gary and Darrell were able to build the business by putting any profits back into the business. Many years went by with Gary and Darrell drawing very little in wages. Growth was slow but steady and after a number of years Marks-Miller had enough assets to begin borrowing operating funds.
In the beginning Gary and Darrell did everything, including all of the maintenance and fabrication. They cut posts in the winter with chainsaws and hand loaded them onto a 2 ton flatbed. In the early spring they would peel the posts on a homemade peeler and stack them to dry. When dry enough they would manually put them in baskets and soak them in a tank of preservat