The store sold dry goods, millinery, suits, pants, shirts, cloaks, skirts, hats and shoes.

In 1943, the company was dissolved, and ownership was transferred to Robert J. Kleberg & Co.

In 1950, that entity was dissolved and it was sold to King Ranch Inc., as a new subsidiary known as Ragland Mercantile Co.

It was also remodeled that same year, receiving a new facade, new interiors, new fixtures and new storefronts, including the first escalator in South Texas, according to town historian Bruce Cheeseman.

[2] In 1991, the building received two awards from the Texas Downtown Association for best store interior and best commercial restoration, and in 1992, the Texas Historical Foundation gave the building its Josiah Wheat Award of Merit, for an "outstanding historical restoration project".