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Stonehouse. Native Americans and passing emigrants once camped here and the stone house was erected in the 1860s by officials of the Overland Stage Company as a dining and overnight rest stop.  The Central Pacific Railroad line passed through this section of Humboldt County in 1868, and the nearby springs provided water for engines.  A small community flourished here for a number of years to serve the needs of railroaders and neighboring ranchers, and a post office operated here from November 1890 to March 1915.