Upon arriving in Holland, Heber Walsh opened a general store at 25-27 E. Eighth St. that became the Walsh Drug Store and then City Drug Store, where The Outpost is located today.
After losing his father and uncle to a cholera epidemic, Cappon relocated to Holland and got a job working for Peter Pfanstiehl, who had opened Holland’s first tannery. Cappon then worked for a tanner in Grand Haven and another in Grand Rapids.