Twenty Mile House

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Twenty Mile House was a stage stop north of Spanish Springs on the Reno and Ft. Bidwell stage line. Today, Junction House is roughly where Winnemucca Ranch Road meets Highway 445. Twenty Mile House is shown as being down Winnemucca Ranch Road about 1/3 of a mile.

Rolland Bonham (d. 1952) operated stage stops in the area: Twenty Mile House, Sheep's Head Station, Round Hole Station. [1]


  • Quarter ending on Dec. 31, 1912: Rural Liquor Licenses in Washoe County:[2]
    • Tilton & McPhail 20-Mile House $15.00

References

  1. Nevada: The Silver State," vol. 2, p. 859, Western States Historical Publishers, 1970.
  2. "Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly,"..., Volume 26, Part 2, p. 34, 1913.