The Room That Leads to the Porch (Upstairs)

The room is now called "General Johnston's Room." It is said that at such times as he stayed here, this is the room he slept in. Other early noted men, such as Porter Rockwell and Bill Hickman slept here also, as well as regular tired travelers, prospectors, and in later years, but before the day of the automobile, the sheepman.

At one time a roomer was cleaning his gun when it accidentally discharged, going through the north wall, the hall, and into the next room, just seconds after the traveler in there had laid down or he would have been shot.

A rag carpet covered the floor. Everytime the bed was slept in, the sheets and pillow cases were changed. They were washed by scrubbing by hand on a washboard, then boiled in a big tin or copper boiler on the wood burning stove, rinsed and hung to dry. There was a wash bowl and pitcher of water on the stand and a mirror in each of these bedrooms. The rooms had no heat in winter, but heavy home-made wool quilts and straw ticks kept the travelers warm. A tallow candle in a candle stick, with matches by it, stood on a chair or stand by the bed to furnish light.

General Johnston's Room / Room That Leads to the Porch
Note the bullet hole in the wall above the chair

General Johnston's Room / Room That Leads to the Porch

View From The Porch

 

Room on the West (upstairs)

North Corner Room