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Crissie Caughlin Ranch House to be Site of 2010 Annual Meeting An exciting new venue for meetings of non-profit groups is the Crissie Caughlin Ranch House, just purchased by Ed and Jennifer Bath of the Garden Shop Nursery. This famous ranch is more than 125 years old, and is one of the few remaining 19th century ranches in the Truckee Meadows. Located on Mayberry Drive (once called Verdi Road), at the corner of West McCarran, the Italianate house was built in Virginia City and later brought down Geiger Grade on a wagon. The once-vast ranch extended for miles into the Sierra foothills and along the Truckee River. Now the 3-acre site will host the 37-year old Garden Shop, which moved from Gentry Way, after negotiating an “adaptive reuse ” agreement with the Reno Historical Resources Commission. Because the house is a valuable historic structure, it is not part of the commercial establishment, freeing it for use by nonprofits for gatherings. The old outbuildings have been converted into green houses and other such commercial structures for plants and garden products. A little petting zoo has been added, to the delight of visiting children. We plan to hold our 2010
Annual Luncheon in the Caughlin
Ranch House on Sunday, June 6,
2010, either inside the ranch house
or outside under a tent. The meeting
will include a picnic and historic
tour. Be sure to mark your calendar! Holly Walton-Buchanan
Answers to "Test Your Knowledge of Women's History"
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