Prinster Market, La Junta, Colorado La Junta Otero Colorado USA A meat market owned by Joseph Frank Prinster in the early Twentieth century. According to Joseph’s son, Clarence Prinster, Joseph traveled to local farms to purchase animals. The market then slaughtered livestock brought in by farmers and sold it. Prinster’s sons, Clarence, Paul, Frank and Leo, helped slaughter and butcher the animals. Eventually, the butcher shop element of the operation turned into a grocery store. According to the book “The History of City Market,” the Prinster Market was preceded in the 19th century by the Palace Meat Market, another Prinster business venture. The Prinster sons left La Junta at their father’s urging and moved to Grand Junction, where they started City Market grocery store and chain. yes yes