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| Jones Store | |
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General information | |
| Location | Beasore Road |
| Coordinates | 37°26′23″N 119°28′38″W / 37.43967°N 119.47725°W |
| Opening | 1936 |
Jones Store is a seasonal country store near Beasore Meadows in the Sierra National Forest, approximately 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Bass Lake, California. The store developed from the seasonal cattle operations of Tom Jones in the Beasore Meadows area and moved to its present site after construction of Beasore Road in 1936. The current two-story building was constructed in 1954.[1]
Jones Store later became associated with pack trips into the surrounding Sierra Nevada. Jones's foster son, Johnny Jones, operated pack trips from the store and guided visitors in the high country, including California governor Ronald Reagan.[2] The store continues to operate seasonally and retains a hand-operated gravity-fed gasoline pump.[3]
History
[edit]The history of Jones Store is connected to cattle ranching in the Beasore Meadows area. In the 1880s, cattleman Tom Beasore claimed land in the meadows under the Swamp and Overflow Act and began driving cattle seasonally from the San Joaquin Valley to mountain grazing lands.[4]
Tom Jones began working for Beasore as a teenager.[5] Jones later operated a small store supplying cattle drovers and other travelers in the high country.[6] When Beasore Road was completed in 1936, a new store known as the Western Front Store was built at the present site. It was replaced in 1954 by the current two-story building.[7]
Jones Store also became a base for pack trips into the surrounding Sierra Nevada, including hunting and fishing expeditions.[8]
Jones's foster son, Johnny Jones, continued operating pack trips from the store and guided visitors into the high country, including California governor Ronald Reagan.[9] Jones participated in Sierra pack trips associated with the campaign against the proposed Trans-Sierra Highway near Devils Postpile National Monument. During a 1972 pack trip, Reagan announced that President Richard Nixon opposed the highway and supported closing the remaining gap between the surrounding protected areas.[10][11]
Jones Store continues to operate seasonally under the ownership of descendants of Tom Jones.[12] The store operates without commercial electrical or telephone service, using propane for cooking and refrigeration.[13]
- Jones Store
Front porch
Dining room
Outdoor dining on Beasore Meadow
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jones Store Historical Marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Johnny Jones, one of the last old-time packers, died July 25". Sierra Star. July 29, 1993.
- ↑ Langley, Larry (July 22, 2017). "Larry Langley's Happy Camping: Jones Store And Gravity Gas". Sierra News Online. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
- ↑ Gregory, Candace (July 10, 2022). "Wildflowers and History Along Beasore Road". Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ↑ "Coarsegold Born Brothers Receive Old Timer Honors". The Fresno Bee. February 15, 1953.
- ↑ Grady, Grace (September 10, 2004). "Tom Beasore, Deputy Sheriff born 1860 in Fresno Flats". The Fresno Bee.
- ↑ "Jones Store Marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ↑ "County's Resorts Seem To Have Nearly Everything". Madera Tribune. Vol. 65, no. 107. September 18, 1956. p. 176. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Johnny Jones, one of the last old-time packers, died July 25". Sierra Star. July 29, 1993.
- ↑ "Trans-Sierra Highway". National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Trans-Sierra Highway". National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Remembering a legend". Mariposa Gazette. August 12, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ↑ Langley, Larry (July 22, 2017). "Larry Langley's Happy Camping: Jones Store And Gravity Gas". Sierra News Online. Retrieved June 18, 2023.