Farmer’s Telephone Company
1225 Eddy Street
Built in the early 1900’s and known at
that time as the “Nevada Consolidated
Telephone and Telegraph Company,” only
five telephone lines were originally
installed in Gardnerville. “Long
Distance Connections Available” was
printed in the Gardnerville section of
the Douglas County Business
Directory.
During World War I, the federal
government took over and began
regulating telephone service with a
rate increase.
After World War I the United Farmers
Group successfully
petitioned Washington,
D.C. to re-establish
pre-war rates, becoming
the first Independent
Telephone Company in the
United States to return to
the earlier rate structure.
Marker is on Eddy Street 0.1 miles from U.S. 395, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
