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. Paul's Catholic
Church and serves as a member of the board of directors on 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 1860's.  Tom is a 1967 graduate of the
University of Nevada Reno.  He served in the U. Air Force as a B-52 navigator from 1968-1973
and was a Winnemucca City Concilmen from 1992-2000.