Capin Mercantile Corporation Chronology  1919  Hyman Capin moves his family from Columbus, NM to Nogales, Arizona working as a tailor for the U.S. Army posts in the area.  1920 Hyman opens a tailor shop inside Camp  Steven D. Little making uniforms and other clothing.  1922 The Capin family purchases the S. Leeker Dry Goods store Nogales, Arizona.  1924 The family purchases a second Nogales retail store, LaVille de Paris.  1925 Three sons and two sons-in-law join  Hyman Capin in expanding the company to include the Boston Store in El Paso, Texas and the I. Schwarz Department Store in Texarkana, Texas.  1930 The S. Leeker Dry Goods Store name is changed to The El Paso Store.  1949 Capin Mercantile Corporation is  founded.  1956 The El Paso Store in Nogales is changed to Capin's Department Store.  1960 The family opens the Parisian Department Store in Nogales, Arizona.  1967 Family members purchase Robinson's Hardware Store in Nogales, Arizona  1968 Capin's Mercantile Corporation expands to include a duty-free warehouse to ship liquor, cigarettes and personal items into Mexico.  1969 Capin's Mercantile Corporation opens second duty free warehouse in San Luis  1970 Family members open the Americana Motor Hotel in Nogales, Arizona  1971 Capin's expands to Douglas, Arizona with a store called Capin's. (This became a Factory 2-U store in 1992)  1973 Parisian store expands to Douglas, Arizona.  1978 Two Capin's stores open in Phoenix, AZ. One closed in 1980 and the other was changed to a Factory 2-U store in 1982  1982 The company registered the Factory 2-U name and started expanding the chain outside Nogales. By 1992  Capin's had 26 Factory 2-U stores in Arizona, 4 in New Mexico and one in El Paso, Texas.  1991 Capin's Mercantile Corporation builds a new Corporate Headquarters and warehouse in Nogales, Arizona at West La Quinta off Mariposa Ranch Road.  1995 Capin's Mercantile Corporation is sold with some family members retaining  ownership of Robinson's Hardware stores.