Town House Motel, Winnemucca

The Town House Motel has been owned and operated for 25 years by Tom and Ana Marie Smith. Ana Marie was born in Pamplona, Spain. Her father immigrated to Nevada in 1952 as a Basque sheepherder. Ana Marie comes from a family of ten children and has a twin brother. She immigrated to Winnemucca along with her mother and seven brothers and sisters in 1959. Ana Marie proudly became a citizen on February 14, 1968. She is active in St. Pauls Catholic Church and served as president of the Winnemucca Basque club. Tom is a 5th generation Winnemuccan. His great grandfather was the first mayor of Winnemucca. The Smith family immigrated to Tooele, Utah from Scotland in 1853. While on his mother's side both the Havilands and Guthrie settled in the early 1860s. Tom is a 1967 graduate of the University of Nevada Reno and played college basketball for four years. He served in the U. S. Air Force as a B-52 navigator from 1968-1973 and was a Winnemucca City Councilmen from 1992-2000