Replacement Marker Dedication: April 2015
Any story dealing with Marker 239 yields a rough and rocky one. In 2009, my conquering of Humboldt County was felled quickly upon discovering that this marker had sadly gone missing, or rather, had been missing for fifteen years! Days later I dove deep into investigating this case and after some pretty sweaty webbing, I came upon a handful of photos of the old marker - confirming that I'd been at the right location: at the Stonehouse interchange, 25 miles west of Battle Mountain. Ironically, the photos showed that the marker was in great shape!

Let's fast forward, nearly twenty years in fact that the SHPO has since replaced this long-lost marker at the very same location it had once stood so long ago. Luckily our cries were heard and in 2015, [239] was resurrected as one of thirty re-vamped markers in celebration of "Battle Born, 150th: A State Sesquicentennial" (as evident by the campaign's logo on the plaque). If may have taken twenty years, but representation of this old station can finally be seen in this lonely country in between Battle Mountain and Winnemucca. The weary traveler plying past the "Stonehouse" exit now has an excuse to stay awhile, then stand amidst the silence and reflect what has been preserved.