Boonville prides itself in its history, so losing several buildings on Main Street wasn't, and isn't, easy.

"There was just so much history in there. I remember as a kid, we would go into, there was that one time, DeLurba's Shoes Repair. Mr. Loonan used to put shoes on our feet when we were kids, used to sit in the red chairs. I mean that's all gone," said Phyllis White of Boonville. She's the coordinator of the New York State Woodsmen's Field Days.

Many people Miss Slim's Restaurant.

"A 16 year member of a coffee klatsch that met at Slim's every morning which unless they rebuild, and I hope they do, that has come to an end," said Boonville Village Trustee Dick Satterly.

However, instead of focusing on what was lost, some are trying to stay positive.

"It's dark days right now but you know it really isn't dark days in the sense that it could have taken out the whole Main Street," White said.

"My big spiel today is going to be thanking our local fire department and police departments, and all the other departments that were called in to help out," Satterly said.

It took more than a hundred volunteers to put the fire out. Many spent more than 12 hours on the scene; an impressive effort to be remembered in Boonville's history.