He is remembered as owning and operating one of the first businesses in Canadian, Texas, and being the foremost photographic chronicler of the town’s history. He was brought to Canadian two weeks before his death and gradually grew weaker. He had been a patient at Smith's Rest Home in Wellington, Texas for about a year and a half. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar Born passed away on Jat the hospital in Canadian, Texas. Gaius Julius Caesar lower-alpha 2 ( Classical Latin: a.i.s ju.li.s kae.sar 13 July 100 BC 1 15 March 44 BC) 2 was a Roman statesman, general and notable author of Latin prose. All of his negatives both glass and “soft” have been digitized and can be viewed at the museum or online at the Portal of Texas History. Years after his death, these boxes of negatives were developed by Juhree Carr and have greatly contributed to the photographic history of the community. Hundreds of glass negatives stored in pasteboard boxes in the back of his store were saved when the building was torn down.
He also operated a photography business in the same building. He bottled and sold Sarsaparilla to generations of Canadian's youngsters, and his sugar-candy figures were a delight to the children and probably a horror to their mothers. He carried everything from brightly colored feather fly catchers to old fashioned silver clasp purses, kerosene lamp wicks, to syrup pitchers like grandma used to have on the table. Julius Born's Variety Store (shown on the right) became a curiosity shop for Canadian residents and visitors to the city. He operated this store for over 50 years and lived in the back. He borrowed $8 to start the business and had 6 bits left after paying the drayman for his load of merchandise. He came to Canadian in 1897 after a temporary move to Oklahoma, he returned to Canadian and opened a general store on March 5, 1905, at 215 Main, with exactly 75 cents operating capital. Julius Born's Variety StoreIn 1900, he was working for the Santa Fe Railroad as a section hand at the old coal chute when track work was slack. Canadian must have seemed like a significant improvement.
He had worked in the mines of Tennessee for 60 cents a day, been buried alive during a mine cave-in and given up for dead. He came to Canadian on March 6, 1897, not quite 18 years of age. Julius Caesar Born was born in Tennessee on May 24, 1879.
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