Miller Auto began in 1932 as a small repair shop which was opened by John Miller, the father of the past owner Tom Miller. In June of 2020, Miller Auto Plaza was sold to the Gilleland family.
The Gilleland story begins with an entrepreneur and mentor named Leonard Rydell. Rydell got into the car business after WWll, opening a dealership in Montgomery, Minnesota. In 1954, at Chevrolet's request, he moved to North Dakota to operate the Chevrolet dealership in Grand Forks.
Duane Gilleland was hired by Rydell as an automotive technician out of Thief River Falls Community College to work at the Grand Forks dealership. Ambitious and capable, Duane worked his way up to service manager and then to general manager. After he told Rydell that he hop
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