The Bonelli House tour is great. It tells briefly the story of the Bonelli family, but more importantly has some great items from the past, 1915 to about 1970. The Bonelli House is the home of George and Effie Tarr Bonelli. George was gthe son of Mormon pioneers and Effie the daughter of the Train Station master. They were married in the South Methodist church across from their home in 1895. They owned a large cattle ranch operation. They were also into other local businesses such as turquoise jewelry. Their original home had electricity. It was made of wood and caught fire, perhaps from a short. They rebuilt within a year this home just to the east of the original. It had Tufa stone and fire resistant plaster. Also had an escape from every room. The copula was a natural cooling system to let the heat out through the roof.
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