Van Sickle Barn, Genoa Nevada
Restored in the 1980s this old red barn was built by Henry Van Sickle, who operated a hotel and pony express station at the foot of the Old Kingsbury Grade near Genoa, Nevada.
According to the National Pony Express Association, “Rancher Henry Van Sickle constructed a two-story hotel in 1857 with a bar, kitchen and a store to cater to the needs of emigrants traveling to California as a rest stop before the climb over the high Sierra Nevada. When the Pony Express started operation in 1860, it became a station where the riders stopped to change horses.”
Across the road from the old Van Sickle Ranch are the remains of the original Van Sickle Station, which was one of Nevada’s first hotels and Pony Express Station.
The entire Van Sickle Ranch originally covered thousands of acres in Nevada and California, south of Lake Tahoe.
As a memorial to his late grandfather Jack Van Sickle, Henry Van Sickle donated 542 acres of his land to the State of Nevada in 1988 to create a new Nevada State Park. Subsequently, the State of California purchased the adjacent land, the Van Sickle family’s former Crescent V Ranch, to connect the park to the community of South Lake Tahoe.
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