Bonham Ranch

The Bonham Ranch is located on the west side of the Smoke Creek Desert within the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, so day use permits are required. Sand Pass is to the south Deep Hole is to the north.

References

• John C. Evanoff, "Deep Hole and Sand Pass," Bonham Ranch was a stage stop.
• Nevada Historical Society Photography Collection, Photos: WA05913 "Bonham Ranch".
• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, "Smoke Creek Desert Geothermal," Description of springs near Bonham Ranch, including a map.
• Jeffrey D. Johnson, "Julia’s Unequivocal Nevada Klampout #32" (2011). A good description of Bonham Ranch, reproduced as An ECV History of the Smoke Creek Desert
• A.J. Liebling, "The Mustang Hunters," The New Yorker, April 3, 1954 and April 10, 1954. The articles are about Hugh Marchbank and Bill Garaventa gathering horses for slaughter. Garaventa's plane is stored at the Bonham Ranch.