Background
Rehal was born to Elias and Bekash Rehal, both of whom were born and reared in Syria. His father Elias Rehal was engaged in the liquor business during the greater portion of his active career.
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Career
Rehal had valuable real estate holdings and is known to built first four buildings of the town. Rehal"s father Elias played a major role during the Syrian revolution in the early "60s. Rehal was born in his native place Syria.
He attended school their until he was sixteen, when he entered his father"s liquor business until 1888.
In the year 1890, Rehal reached Montana. In 1891, he went to Joplin, the city of Greater Falls.
There, he was engaged in the business of dry goods. He filed a homestead in Chouteau county and subsequently founded the village of Joplin.
Rehal erected the first four buildings in Joplin, one of them being Park Hotel.
lieutenant was recognizwd as the best hotel between Havre and Shelby. Rehal along with East.C. Tolley are jointly credited for establishing the town. They promoted rival parts of the town, which led to uneven and scattered business development.
They erected a large new sign by the railroad crossing facing the depot.
