Sure do like that stove!! And your story is really interesting as well. Read the post to the wife last night.
Now reading again this morning, an idea comes to me. Can't help but wonder if maybe the stove was acquired during the time of the wagon trains going West? It wasn't uncommon for wagons to break down or horses to go lame, and then some items would get left behind. Sometimes the owners were supposed to even break their treasures so that nobody else could come along and simply profit from their loss.
I doubt there's any way to trace back the stove, but can you trace your family back to those days? Did you possibly have ancestors who settled there back during the great land rush days?
Absolutely gorgeous stove!! Thanks for posting.
By the way, wife and I saw a similar one, also about 6' tall, at an auction about 15 years ago. Looked complete, but was far too big and heavy for us to deal with then. I know I, for one, am still kicking myself over it, but the auctioneer was on that stove when we first got there, so not a lot of time to thin......SOLD! *lol*
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