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Tunstall-McSween Store

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J.H. Tunstall and A. A. McSween erected this store in 1877. It became a focal point in the Lincoln County War, in which both partners were slain. Despite looting by the Seven Rivers group, the building continued as a store under pioneer merchants, notably John M. Penfield.
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