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Twelvemile House Nevada

Twelvemile House Nevada

Twelvemile Nevada House Overview

Established in 1859 by Mormon emigrant Thomas Wheeler, this was an important stop on the road to the Esmeralda mining camp of Aurora.

The station was originally known as Wheelers, then it was known as Tisdell, and then finally Twelvemile House in the 1870s (the first reference I can find is dated March 1, 1871).

Mile houses were critical places for rest and supplies along early western road systems before railroads.

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1859

Timeline

  • 1859 – Station Established
  • 1870s – Known as Twelvemile House

Nevada Historical Marker Category

  • Architecture
  • Mining
  • Person
  • Trail/Road

Nevada Historical Marker Marker Type

Marker in production.

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Twelve Mile House is Nevada Historical Marker #125.

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County

Douglas County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

38.905804, -119.706766

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Proposed Text, Marker Text Plate in Production:

Twelve Mile House was an important stop on the road to the Esmeralda mining camp of Aurora. Mile houses like this one were critical places for rest and supplies along early western road systems before railroads made most mile houses and stations obsolete. Twelve Mile House was part of a network of similar stations that ran from Genoa to Aurora, including another station on the eastern side of the Pine Nut Mountains called Double Springs.

Thomas Wheeler built this important hostelry in 1859 where the East Fork of the Carson River emerges from Long Valley to the south. The Twelve Mile House was so named because it was located twelve miles from Genoa and twelve miles from the Cradlebaugh Bridge across the Carson River. It lay at an important crossroads in the southeast part of Carson Valley, with roads from Twelve Mile House leading southeast to Goldfield, south to Woodfords, west to Fairview, northwest to Minden, Gardnerville, and Genoa, and north to Cradlebaugh Bridge and Carson City.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 125

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

CARSON VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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