Stonehouse

Stonehouse takes its name from a building whose ruins still sit on Lone Tree Hill to the northwest. Indians and emigrants camped here long before the Overland Stage Company raised a stone house in the 1860s as a dining and overnight rest stop on the long road across northern Nevada. When the Central Pacific Railroad came through in 1868, the nearby springs watered its engines, and a small community grew up to serve railroaders and ranchers, with a post office from 1890 to 1915. The stage stop and depot are long gone, but the name and the ruins remain.

What the plaque says

Native Americans and passing emigrants once camped here and the stone house was erected in the 1860s by officials of the Overland Stage Company as a dining and overnight rest stop. The Central Pacific Railroad line passed through this section of Humboldt County in 1868, and the nearby springs provided water for engines. A small community flourished here for a number of years to serve the needs of railroaders and neighboring ranchers, and a post office operated here from November 1890 to March 1915.

Where it stands

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