The Vance / McMurphy House was built in 1909 by Herman Vance, manager of the Venus Mine and later the Big Thing Mine. Starting about 1919, 3 generations of the McMurphy family lived in the home. Here, on May 10, 2003, locals watch it being torn down.

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