Flying M E Guest Ranch

For 80 years of operation, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad stopped here at the Franktown Hotel in the Washoe Valley. By the 1940s, the hotel had been converted to the Flying M E Guest Ranch, where out-of-towners could spend six weeks to establish legal residency for the purposes of getting a divorce in Nevada. This view shows the ranch at a distance, from up on the nearby hill. Some of the railroad infrastructure can barely be made out.

Date Uploaded: March 2, 2026

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Source Caption: For reference the train stopped at the flying me dude ranch. Lots of famous folx stayed here. Washoe lake in distance, rail line with depot and water tank, ranch and old 395 in foreground. Nothing remains except a faint line of the former RR row. Now owned by sunset ranch LLC.

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