Old Store At La Honda
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Old Store at La Honda sat at the Northwest corner of CA Highway 84 at La Honda Road and Sears Ranch Road, this location is now listed as 8865 La Honda Road,
La Honda La Honda (Spanish for "The Sling") is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 979 at the 2020 census. It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains between the Santa Clara Valley an ...
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. This is a California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County since 1939. A store is open and functions as a neighborhood market at this location, under a different name and ownership - nothing is left of the original store.


History

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John Howell Sears John Howell Sears (1823–1907) was an early pioneer of Searsville and La Honda, two cities in San Mateo County, California. He directly influenced the development of these cities. History Born February 3, 1823 in Sullivan County, New York. He w ...
had to leave Searsville because of the decline of the lumber industry in that area, he settled in the La Honda area in 1862, bought 400 acres of land, and built a store. The exact date of the building of the store is unknown but estimated between the 1860s to 1870s. The store was nicknamed the "Bandit-Built Store" because it's rumored that Jim, Cole and Bob Younger (of the bank robbing
James–Younger Gang The James–Younger Gang was a notable 19th-century gang of United States, American outlaws that revolved around Jesse James and his brother Frank James. The gang was based in the state of Missouri, the home of most of the members. Membership f ...
) helped build the store and worked there too, while hiding out in La Honda and pretending to be lumberjacks. However in Bob Dougherty's 2007 book named ''La Honda,'' "...the story of the 'bandit built' Sears store is improbable because the Younger brothers were already in prison in the summer of 1876 for the Northfield Bank robbery before the store was built the following year."


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California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County, California List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within San Mateo County, California. *Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and distric ...


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{{SF Bay Area Protected areas of San Mateo County, California