Skip to Content

The Winters’ Ranch (Rancho Del Sierra)

The Winters’ Ranch

The Winters’ Ranch Overview

This large Gothic-style structure, completed around 1864, was the ranch home of Theodore and Maggie Winters and their seven children.

Winters had a large dairy operation and raised race horses, work horses, beef cattle, and sheep.

He was also active in politics and was elected as a territorial representative in 1862.

Category

  • Architecture
  • Person
  • Architecture
  • Farming

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

The Winters’ Ranch is Nevada Historical Marker #94.

Click here to view the complete list of Nevada State Historical Markers.

County

Washoe County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

This large Gothic-style structure, completed about 1864, was the ranch home of Theodore and Maggie Winters and their seven children.  Originally this area was settled by Mormons, and the ranch was purchased from Mormons by Winters and his brother, from the proceeds of the Comstock.  Theodore Winters immediately set out to enlarge his property, and built the present mansion.  The ranch, at one time, consisted of around 6,000 acres.

Winters raised outstanding race horses.  He also had a large dairy operation and raised beef cattle, work horses, and sheep.

Theodore Winters was active in politics and was elected as a territorial representative in 1862.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 94

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

NEVADA CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION

References Used

The Winters’ Ranch