Boone Store & Warehouse - Bodie, California

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Erected in 1879, this building served as a general store. It was owned by Harvey Boone, a direct descendent of Daniel Boone. Harvey was a great horse fancier and also owned the Boone Stable and Livery business. Note the five-gallon cans used as siding (seen at the extension at the back of the building in the photo below). Kerosene and gasoline were hauled to Bodie from Hawthorne and Carson City in these cans, which were then cut open and used for roofing and siding. Later, corrugated iron was used.

Text from the Bodie State Historic Park tour book

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