The Baker and Johnson Iron Clad Store was the only structure ever built in Silver Cliff other than tents with wooden sidewalls. Silver Cliff, the forerunner to Lusk, stood on land now occupied by the Niobrara Country Club, and the building stood very near Green No. 2. Owned by Ellis Johnson, it originally housed the Baker and Johnson General Store, which stocked dry goods, clothing, hardware, groceries, flour, and seed. Its name came from the galvanized metal siding original to the structure. When it was dismantled, its exceptional workmanship was evident in its mitered studding and in signs that two floors had been worn completely through. The building was moved to the Lusk town site in 1886, and on August 1, 1886, when a storm of rain, wind, and hail nearly wiped away what remained of old Silver Cliff, tearing down most tents and washing or carrying away the goods they protected, Baker and Johnson's ironclad store withstood the onslaught and proved a haven of safety. By 1921, after changing owners, it became the home of the Lusk Free Lance newspaper, which was established that year and published there until 1957, when it was sold to the Lusk Herald newspaper. The Lusk Free Lance was published for its entire existence in this building. In 1972, the building was sold for the final time and dismantled, and the storefront and 20 feet of the original building were moved to the Stagecoach Museum and reconstructed.