Twelve Mile House - Gardnerville, NV
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saopaulo1
N 38° 54.307 W 119° 42.385
11S E 265315 N 4309730
A plaque about the Twelve Mile House. This plaque is located along Hway 395.
Waymark Code: WMBEQP
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2011
Views: 10
"An important hostelry was so named because of its distance from Genoa and also from Cradlebaugh Bridge across the Carson River. It was built in 1860 by Thomas Wheeler where the Boyd Toll Road to Genoa and the Cradlebaugh Toll Road to Carson City converged. In this vicinity, a second station was built by James Teasdale.
Twelve Mile House was an important stop on the road to the Esmeralda mining camp of Aurora.
You will see buildings of the original station here."
Marker Title (required): Twelve Mile House
Marker Number (If official State Marker from NV SHPO website above, otherwise leave blank): 125
Marker Text (required):
An important hostelry was so named because of its distance from Genoa and also from Cradlebaugh Bridge across the Carson River. It was built in 1860 by Thomas Wheeler where the Boyd Toll Road to Genoa and the Cradlebaugh Toll Road to Carson City converged. In this vicinity, a second station was built by James Teasdale.
Twelve Mile House was an important stop on the road to the Esmeralda mining camp of Aurora.
You will see buildings of the original station here.
County (required): Douglas
Marker Type (required): Full Size (with blue painted mesh)
Is Marker Damaged? (required): No
Other Marker Type (optional): Not listed
Other Damage Type (optional): Not listed
URL - Website (optional): Not listed
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