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PAWN VAULT 



REMEDIES, ETC 



CASIl 

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REFRIG. SHCSE, 

 MEAT, ETC. 



SHOWCASES 



NOTIONS 



DRY GOODS 



VEU1.LETIN 

 BOARD 



"BULL PEN" 



APPROX. SCALE 



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FiGUKB 3. — Shonto store layout. 



age height above the floor of 11 feet. The cantilevered roof is par- 

 tially supported by three interior posts (fig. 3) . 



Interior layout of the store is shown in figure 3. Three of the room's 

 four walls are covered with stock shelves from floor to ceiling, and 

 are paralleled by counters and/or showcases. In addition most of the 

 larger hardware stock and harness equipment is suspended from nails 

 in the ceiling. Very large items of hardware and furniture, such as 

 stoves, rollaway beds, and water drums are likely to be set out on the 

 bullpen floor at the foot of the wall. Shonto Trading Post, like most 

 of its neighbors, always has a cluttered appearance, giving the im- 

 pression that every available inch of space has been utilized for 

 merchandise display and storage. Wagons, wagon parts, and plows 

 are kept in the yard behind the store. 



Extra stocks are stored in the warehouse room adjacent to the 

 store (fig. 1, C) . Because of limited space here additional merchan- 

 dise stocks must usually be kept in the series of hogans (G) which 

 were built originally as tourist cabins. (One hogan, H, served as 

 quarters for the writer and his wife in 1955-56.) Hazardous liquids 

 are stored in the old pumphouse (F) . 



Thanks to its abortive history as a tourist lodge Shonto is un- 

 usually well equipped with living quarters. The original family 

 quarters (D), adjoining the store, are now used only by the owner 

 and his family on their infrequent visits to Shonto (see below). Two 

 stone cabins (E) and one hogan (H) serve as quarters for the resident 



