Chapter X Lincoln County
I SHEEP: 46shzp) 36 A range, extending north from Clark County into Lincoln County. #So named for wild sheep. vw36 40 SILVER CANYON: (sil ver) A range of mountains m Pnhranagat Valley, #So named for the prevailing ore. 28 STINE: (st&) A town, pop,, 10; alt., ii,O46,& a station on the Union Pacific Railroad, south of Caliente. dt'*- TIMPAHUTE: (tim pa ut) A range in th western part of the county, south of Worthington and Golden Gate ranges." Shoshone name meaning "rock water people ,110 d 28 27 URSINE: (&'sin) A town, pope, 63; alto,5,500; 13 mi. northeast of Pioche, in a valley of the same name. WHITE ROCK. (h&t Gk)36 A range east of Wilson Creek Range, extending into Utah,4o and a peak in the range.37 #So nvaed for the color of the rock formation in the vicinity, WILSON CREEK RANGE AND WILSON PEAK: (&'s&) 36 Wilson Creek Range is in the northeaste n part of the county and the peak is in the central part of the rangeO3? Named for Charles Wilson, one of the early county commissioners 1
WORTHIMGTON: (Ath'zng t&) 36 A range extending northwest to southeast in the northwester corner of Lincoln County; A peak in the northwest part of the range," a mining district(als0 cal d Freiberg) at the north e~clof the mountains on their east flanke" Alt,8,400 40e
CHAPTER XI LYON COUNTY
ANTELOPE: (G't; A y#ley extending from California into both Douglas and Lyon counties. (see Douglas County)
CARSON RIVER: (see Churchill County,)
CHURCHILL: (chbch'k) 36 A station on the Southern Pacific R ilroad, branch line from Hazen to Tonopah, between Hazen and Wabuska; c3 the ruins of Fort Churchill are very near the station;B a valley, the name given to the lower Carson Valley in which the Lahontan Reservoir i located39 The fort was named in honor of Captain Charles E, Churchill. 27
CRURCHILL BUTTE: (chzrch A peak north and a little west of Fort Churchill, alt e, for the Fort.
COMO: (k; m;) Alyning district also known as the Palmyra and Indian Springs District, in the Pine Nut Range in southwest Lyon County, 37 12 mi., from Dayton. 16 Chapter IX Lyon County
-/u 31 DAYTON: (da tun) A town, pop., 306; alt. 4,606;28 on the Carson River at the mouth of Gold Canyon16and a mining district, the southern part of the Silver City district. In 184.9, Dayton was a sopping point after emigrants had crossed the Twenty Miles Desert, but did not become a settlement until Chinese laborers were brought in to dig a ditch.3 It became the county seat in 1861 and remained such until May 1, 1911. 23 A fire in 1908 destroyed t court house and aided Yerington in its effort to secure he county Dayton had many nunes; after Chinatown, or johnt0rn,7* it was called Nevada City. At a public meeting, November, 3, 1861, it was named for John Day, who, in return for the onor, made a plat of the town. He was later Surveyor General of Nevada., b
3ESERT CREEK: (dez'eyt) A small stream rising in the Sierra Nevada Range in California and flowing north across south Lyon County into the West Walker River, 37 a peak, alt., 9,020 in the southern part of the county seat east of the creek.37
ETNA: (et4)' na) A peak alto 7,440;40southeast of Wellington in the Mono National Forest. 40
FERNLEY: (f&n'<) A town, pop. 466;31 alt.$ 4,167;11 at the junction of US 40 and US 95,40 on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Spark and Hazene43 Settled c. 1905; a valley in which the town is located. 30
0 tw LAHONTAN RESERVIOR: (1" ' & t& gjz er v w*or) A made-made lake ' n the bed of the Carson Riverytk,l64; partly in Churchill County. 4b (see Churchill County).
LYON: (12'k)' A peak, located in the western part of Lyon County, south of Como 37
USON: (~n':'sn)~~ A town, pop., 68;31 alto,4,420;16 1 mi. south of Yerington;16 and a mining district also known as the Yerington Distr'ct; a valley along the East Walker River in which the town is situated, 3+ Named for an early resident, Henry "Hock" Mason.,4
RAW: (r;) A peak, alt. 8,345; southeast of Dayton.37 Named f$?s R.S. Rawe, Assistant Superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company,
J I 36 31 SILVER CITY: (Zl'ver sit i) A tarn, pop,, 304; alt., 4,400; in Gold Canyon @ the east slope of the Virginia Range near the St rey County line Incorporated in 1877; 23 also a mining dist ict,18 Named for the character of the ore found in the vicinity, 6
SIMPSON: (simdid sun) A town, pop,, 76; 31 in soyfjhwest Lyon County, north of Wellington in West alker River area. Named for a family who settled in Mason 'v'alley. 3!
w/w SINGATSE: (sin gates) A peak, alt., 6s364;37 west of Yerington. Chapter IX Lyon County -49-
36 SMITH: (smyth) A town located in a valley of the same name a ong th28 West Walker River,37 northeast, of Wellington. Settled 1859;3 pop, 14. N es for' the To 3, Smith fmily9 original settlers in the valley, Y 36 37 SUGAR LOAF: CshG'ger lzf) A peak, alt,, 6,890; in the Sweetwater Range in the Mono National Forest area in the southern part of Lyon c omt y 0 40 36 SVEETWATER: (sw
WABUSKA: (wa'b& ka) 4b town, pop,, 92:28 ait., 4, ;3'7 in csntral Lyon County on US 95A, 12 mi. north 02 'lerington.2'oNa.med from the Vashoe and means "white grass ., !?lo
WALKER RIVER: (w$k/e'p) East and west forks of the Walker River unite in Lyon Countyto form the main stream,78(see Mineral County)
4 lu WELLINGTO& (we1 fng t&)36 A town pop 96 ;31 alt . , 4,800 ;'on Nevada 3, boundary line of Lyon Co ty, near the West Walker River at the north end of Antelope Valleyoy This was an important stage station in pioneer days and was named fo Major klellington, its proprietor, a well known stage operatoro6 36 WILSON: (1711 sun) A peak, in the south,pntral part of Lyon County, between Yeyington and Wellington,I' west oi West Walker River, alt., 6,801; and a former town, Named for David Wilsone85
YERINGTON: (yerH /- ing t
CHAPTER XI1 MINERAL COUMTY 24 ASHBY: (zsh' be) A mining district in Whiskey Flatt, c. 20 mi. by road, a little north of west from PIino.35 Named for George A, Ashby, of Hawthorne, one of the owners.35 Chapter XI1 Mineral County -50- 4 -1 . 36 AUROMQ~(o ro re) 9gtown on the Lucky Boy road from Hawthor Bodie, alt., 7,415; and a mining diatrict ir. the vicinity; 2t alsoto a valley south and east of Spring Peak,*' It was named th county seat, November 25, 1861, but lost it to Hawthorne June 1, 1883.53 Until the survey by Ives and Kidder, Aurora was not known to be in Nevada Territory, but was controlled by California. In September, 1863, two elections were held, one or California and one for i\Jevada,' Aurora was incorpoatea in 186k24 37 BALD MOUNTAIN: (b'hd moun'tron)36 A peak, $,t., 9,220: directly west of Walker Lake, near the Lyon County Line, ?I y- 37 BIG INDIAN: (byg in di an) 36 A peak, alto 10,110; in the west part of Mineral County, midway between Hawthorne and the Lyon County border 37 - J Ir 37 BIG KASOCK: (big kas uk) A peak, altoI 7,110937 in the northern part of the county, near tne Churchill County line,
BLACK: (bl;k)36 A peak, olt 8,136: 37 in th northwest corner of the county in the Wassuk Ra~~ge,~~'westof Schurz. $0
BRAWLEY: (brh'y) A peak, alt., 9,557; 37 south of Aurora on the California boundary. 40
BROKEN HILLS: (b?%k'rn hkz)36 A tom, township pop. , 17j531 and mining district in the extreme northeastern part of tlyj county, Discovered by James Strafford, and Joseph Arthur in 1913.
u /Y BULLEN: (bul en) A peak, alto,9,465; 37 west of Whiskey Flat, 37 36 37 BUTLER: (b -/w 16 CANDELARIA: (kan de lsy ria:* A mining district also known as Colum 22 mi south of Mina, near the Esmeralda County bode alto, 5,665;9YS discovered 186 03~and a small town in the distriete1"Spanish for Candlemas Day !% -/ /" CEDAR MOUMTAEJS: (se der moun tin:36 A range , in the eastern point of the county, extending into Esmeralda County.@ #SO named for the local cedar, 20 CORE: (k%r/i) A peak, alt., 10,516; southwest of Hawthorne in the Wassuk Nmed for J,M, Corey, prospector. 1 4 4 M EAST WALEFi; (&t wok er)A mining district, also known as Mountain Grant District,35 east of the East alker River on the west slope of the Llassuk, or Walker River Range,l' north of Corey Canyoneg5 A river, Chapter XI1 Hineral County -51 - rising in the Sierra in California, which flows across the far w tern corner of Mineral County to join the West Walker in Lyon County. 88 (see Walker ) -/d.l 36 EXCELSIOR: (zk sel si or ) A range, in the uth central part of the countyo35 extending eastward toward Sodaville. 33 GUBS VALLEY: (cbz) A range in eastern Mineral County north of Pilot Piountain~;~~a valle east of the range extendirig into the north- west corner of Nye County?? Named for Professor E,S, Gabbs, engineer, 1867 56 -I IJ GIUIS: (giEOiz) A range in north central Mineral County, east of Walker Lake, 16 HAWTHORNE: (h$/thk~)~~A town, pop,, 929;'l alt. 4,326; 7 mi. south- west of Thorne,35 and a mining district The town was on the old Carson and Colorado Railroad, and was made county seat of Esmeralda County by an Act of March 1, 1 3; it lost the county seat to Gold- field, by an Act Feb, 4, 190?;'3 and became county seat or" the new Mineral County, Feb, 10, 1911, Named for William Hawthorne, a cattle- man and an early justice and constable, 4 HICKS: (hikz) A peak, alto 9,373; 37 in the southwest part of the countyo east of Aurora, Named for E Re Hicks who with J .M Corey and J. M, Braley discovered the Aurora district. 7 LAKE: (lxk)36 A peak on the rthwest shore of Walker Lake ; 37 a valley at the south end of the lake, 3? -lW36 37 LITTLE PILOT: (l"it'1 pi lut) A peak, al&op8,046; at the north end of Cedar Range in eastern Mineral County, /I #So named to distinguish it from Pilot Peak, w /w 36 16 LUCKY BOY: (luk i boi) A mining istrict, alt, 6,225, the west 16 section of the Hawthorne district,liS on the east slope of Wassuk Range. Discovered in 1906 by men while repairing the stage road over Lucky Boy Pass, 16 3 /w 31 LUNING: (loon ing) A town, pop., 36; at., 4,500; 16 2& f&.east of Hawthorne, on US 95;40 and on the Southern Pacific Railr ; a mining district 4 mi, east in he northern part of Pilot Range, also known as the Santa Fe District.l 2 ?I- 36 MILLER: (nil er) peak, in sathern Mineral County near the Esmeralda line, alt., 8,708, 34 /e 31 16 40 MINA: (min- a) A town, pop, 368; alto, 4,552; and on US 95 , 9 mi, south of uning;" on the Tonopah and Goldfield branch of the Southern Pacific;$ a mining district in the vicinity," part of the Silver Star Chapter XI1 Mineral County -52- District in the Excelsioy,Mountains. 35 Named for the Spanish word meaning f.tsouPce of water o>b id/- y 40 MOI~TGOFERY: (mJunt g~mer 1) A pass, alto, ?$125$ at the north end of the White Mountain Range, west of the station. 20 /- MOUNT COREY: (mount kor.. e) A peak, alto, 10 516, southwest of Hawthorne, at the south end of Wassuk Rar1ge.3~ blamed f r J.14. Corey, who was one of the discoverers of the Aurora district.18 3n MOUNT GRANT: (print)' A peak, alt. 11,303;"" north st of Hawthorne and north of Corey Peak, in the Wassu Range;" a mining district included in the East Walker District,1k Named for General Grant, / v 1-3 MOUNT l~iOIU'TGOMERY~O(muntu gum er i) A station on US 17 mi. east of the California line; in southwestern Mineral ;45 a mining district 16 at the north end of the White Wountain Range5'y:ctheast of the station. - 36 NAVAL M4M.JNITICN DEPOT: (n3 v'al ';n 7i r&h "un d; PO) Constructed under the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Depa ment, and commissioned under the Bureau ofordnance on Sept. 15, 1930. 58 About 3 mi. north of Hawthorne, and, when established, aFproypa.tely 317 2guare miles in area,78 including the south end of Walker Lake; pop, 175; altos4,326.40 OMCO: (omU/' ko) A mining eamp in the Bell, or Cedar Mountain District, 25 mi, northeast of Mina at the north end of the Cedar Range,35 The name is an abbreviation of the Olympic Mines Company, 35 -/ PAMLICO: (p& le ko)- A mining district, the east section of the Hawthorne district25 The nqme was applied by some southerner familiar with an Indian tribe on the Parnlico River in North Carolina, 10 -/ J 37 37 PILOT CONE: (pi lut kGn) 36 A peak, alt,, 6,602; southwest of Rawhide, -/ - 40 PILOT MOUNTAINS: &i lut) A range in southeast Hineral County; a peak, alt., 9,207; in the Pilot Mountains, POWELL: (POU%)~~ A peak, alt., 9,545;37 northeast of Aurora Valley. Named for A, Powell, a miner md toll road In Mono National Forest 37 RAND: (&nd)' A mining Distriet, west of the town of BovaPci on the north- eastern slope of Gabbs Valley Range in northeast MinPPal County.35 A town east of Walker Lak Between Schurz and Tkorne,16 name derived from R,J,Rand former owner of claims.35 P0p,52~~alt, ,4900, 16 RAWHIDE: ($2 hid)' A town, township pop., 65;j1 alto, 3,152; a mining district situated nearby in the northern Mineral County, on the 16 Churchill County border. Named by C, V, Holman, a Wyoming rancher and prospctor in 1903. He naiied a cowos tail and tin box to a post and over it he put a sign,"Drop mail for Rawhide here. II 17 Chapter XI1 Mineral County -53- 36 SANTA FE: (s%’ -/ ’ 36 SODA SPRINGS: ( so da springz) A valley south of Gillis Range and west of the Pilot Mountains.40 #So named from the natural soda deposit, the springs in the valley. 36 SODAVILLE: (so’dk &) A own, originally Soda Springs, 1905, on the South65n Pacific Railr0ad,~5in Soda Spr-ings Valley, 4 mi. south of Mina, and a nining district situated in the southern part of he Pilot Mountad6 east of the town, near the Esmeralda County lineel8 #SO named for the soda deposits. 36 SPRING PEAK: (sprTng Sk) A pea5? alt., 8,100; 37 southwest of Aurora near the California boundary line. 43 THORNE: (thzrn) A station on the Southern acific branch line; the railroad point for Hawthorne, 7 mi. south, 18 16 VOLCANO: (vgl ka ‘ 3 A peak, alto 6,500 ; in the Pilot Mountains, 18 east of Lu ‘ ng; a canyon in the Pilot Mountains, running northeast from Minae331 #So named for volcanic deposits overlying the area. I- 36 WALKER: (wsk er) A lake in northwest Mineral County, area 125 sq. miles, a river, formed by the uniting of the East and West Walker Rivers 40 in Lyon County, flowing southeast into the north end of ’dalker Lake; 16 a mining district called the Walker Lake District, discovered in 1866. on the east slope of Wassuk, or Walker River Range, west of the Named by John 6, Fremont for Joseph Walker, early frontier scout. WASSUK: (wos4 /d ubd A range west of Walker Lake, extending the length o Mineral County; the north part is also called the Walker River Range. 60 CHAPTER XI11 NYE COUNTY d 3, / - I, AMARGOSA: (a mar go sa) A stream, known as the Amargosa River, rises frnm .;Drings near Springdale, 10 mi. north of Beatty, south of Pahute Mesa;4D it sinks into an underground channel in the Amargosa Desert,.I3 traces a course southeast until it crosses the California4&ine, then turns northwest and is lost in the sands of Death Valley, “It flows at all seasons of the year in certain stretches ,is dry in others except at flood seasons, and for very long stretches has a large and continuous Chapter XI11 Nye County 40 subterranean flow, i1 A desert aloq the California line, east of the Amargosa Range e40 Spanish fcr %itttezg water 36 40 ANNA: (anJ I a)*'I A peak in the nor59west extremity of Nye County, south- west of the Broken Hills regimei: 20 ARC DQF:(ark'dzm) 30 A peak, alto 11,775; also EBlled Toiyabe Dome; in the Toiyabe Range, northwest Nye County, ' #So named for its shape. ,I / - 4 37 ARDIVEY: (ar div el 4?peak, alto, 6,845; in the Shoshone Range in northwest Nye County, 37 BALD PEAK: (i. 13d "l53?6 A peak, alt a 9,276; in the Toquima Range north of Manhattan. SO named for it.s appearance, 40 BARE IIOUI-JTAIf?: (bb moun'tin)"36 1. short ran e in southwest Nye County, southeast of Beatty;" highest %it., 6,2j5;" a mining district, also knoim as Fluorine,-gn Bare FIow,tain just east of Beatty, in the north part of the range,' #So named for bare appearance of the mountain, -/ lJ 31 BEATTY: (ba t.i) k town, township pop, $8; 3, 392i40 in southwest Nye County in t& vicinity of Bullfrcg Hills;l'~n US 95 at junction with Nevada 58e1 Settled in 1865, and named for H, So Beatty, an early resident BELTED: (Gi'tgd)36 A range in the East par of the southern secti n of Nye County near the Lincoln County line;ko a peak, alt., 8,340;El0 at the north end of the range, BERLIN: (bh BIG SlIOKEy: (bzg smo ki)36 A vale27 north of the San Antonio Mountains, between he Toiyabe and Toquima ranges, extending north into Lander ifso named from the haze over the valley resembling smoke. BIG TEN: (b?g t&-i)36A peak southwest f Manhattan, in the Eonitor Range of the Tsiyabe National Forest. 48 37 BLACK: (blzk) A peak, alt., 7,130; 'n southcentral Nye County, south of Gold Flat, on the Pahuke Mesa. 3+ BRACKET: (brzk Zt)" A peak northeast of Tonopah, and about 15 mi southeast of Tybo. 37 Chapter XIIX Nye County -55- BROKEN HILLS: (see Churchill County) BULLFROTr: (boo1dl fr CACTUS. (k:l(tKs)35 k range southeast of Tonopah;” a peak, at., ’7,580~‘~at the north end of the range, #So natxed for the abundant growth of cacti in the region. ”/ “ 40 CARRARA: !k& ra ra)36 A tom on US 95; and mini g distyict on the southwest flank of Bare Mountain, discovered 19l3;lx a marble deposit. 16 Named after the famous Carrara marble region in Italy, 35 28 CURRANT: (kGr‘Gt) pop.,, 50; alto, approx. 5,500; in north eastern Nye County on ;St:’ aid a mining dist ict east of t‘ne town, in the \?mite Pine Mountains, discovered 1914, 1g JESATOYA: (dgs k’toi ‘a) A range extending south into northwestern Nye County from Churchill and Lander counties .” ( see Churchill) DRY: (d2)36 ‘There ar a great number of dry lakes and valley spots throughout the county. $0 DUCKWATER: :d& wG’t?r)’ A town, pop., 5.0iz8 alt,, 5,600; 4.0 in nort$* eastern Nye County on Nevada 20, the road connecting US 50 and US 6. #So named because because the nearby marshy area is a feeding ground for wild ducks. EAGLE: (2iF’l)36 A peak in the Hot Creek Range between i3elmont and Hot Creek: EMIGRANT VALLEY: (Zrn’Y gr%-~ant)~~A valley ’ southeastern Nye County, between Skull M wtains and Spotted Range 3qextending northeast into Lincoln Countyo’‘ #So named for emigrants who stopped there FISH LAKE: (f;sh l:k) 3s A lake th lies between Nonitor and Hot Creek Range, in north central Eye County.‘ #So nariied because of fish found there, FLAGSTAFF: (flgdstk)36 A peak in northcentral Nye County,east of the Monim- Range, in Hot Creek Valley, 37 ‘ 36 GOLD FI+)T: (Gld flat) fi flat ncrthwest, of thP Pahute F!esa, alto 5,000. #So named for gold ore fourd there. a6 GOLD PARK: A mocntain basin about 2 mi in diarfle4y; alt 6,500 to 8,500 on the west slope of the Shoshone Range ;A a mining district, Chapter XI11 Nye County -56- 74 also call Jackson, in the basin, on the border of Lander and Nye counties.$ Named for the gold ore in the district. / - 36 GRAPEVINE : ( grgp vin) A range in southwe stern Mye County ,4Extending northwest in Esmeralda County aiong the California line; a peak, alt., 8,706,39 in the range,37 Named for the enormous wild grape vines growing in the mountainso HAT: (hxt) A peak no h of Big Ten Peak, one of a group of small peaks in the Monitor Range.?? #So named for its resemblance to a large hat, 16 37 40 HOT CFXEK. (hzt krekr A stream, a rw, a valley, 37 andl% mining district ;%n north central Nye County, discovered in 1866 #So named from hot springs in the region, (see Tybo) 28 28 IONE: (7 A town, pop. 40; alto, 6 700; in the northw t part of the countyP3* north of the Berlin and Union mining districts;E on the west slope of the Shoshone Range, on Nevada 21038 The mining districts were organized by P, A, Haven from Ione, and early mining district of Caifornia,1 JOHNNIE: (jonbl Ic‘ 1) 36 A town, pop,, 39; 28 alt., 3,900; on Nevada 16,38 12 mi, south of US 95;38 a mining district at the northwest en of the Spring Wountain Range, in the southeastern part of the county. 96 The town was established in 1882, and the district was named for Indian Johnnie, a local character, who showed the district to white men. FISH SPRINGS (fish sprFngz)34 A valley between the Monitor and Hot Creek Ranges, and springs in the valley, north of Fish Lake,37 /- 40 HnEN: (he1- en) A peak, dkS, 7,400; at the south end of the Cactus Range, north of Pahute Mesa. KAWICK: (kA&t;‘ch) A range extending so&&h from Hot Creek Range, to the Pahute Mesa; a town east of the range; a mining district, al o known as Gold Reed south of the town on the east slope of the rangeO1’ A peak, 40 alto 9,503~4 midway in the range ;M a valley east of the south end of the range, Named for an old Indian chief, from the Shoshone”mountaintf.lo In early newspapers the name was spelled f’Cowitch.f156 36 24 LADD: (1zd) A peak, west of Beatty and south of Bullfrog Hills. ,-36 LITTLE SMOKY: (lyt’l smok i) A valley in the northeast section of Nye County, exten ing into Eureka County, east of Hot Creek 37 and Antel0pe3~ or Fish Creek,$0 ranges, and west of Pancake Range.37 #So named in re- lation to Big Smoky Valley, 28 LOME26 (lzkz)’ A town, pop,, 21; in northeastern Nye County, on US 6; also known as Ostonside,37 36 40 LODI: (1; di)- A town, l6 also known as Lodival, near the Mammoth Chapter XI11 Nye County -5?- 16 Range in the northwest Nye County, near the Churchill County line, in a valley of the same name;37and a mining district in the region, discovered in 1863.16 40 MAHOGANY: (ma hzg'i ny)' A peak, alto, 1 013; in the Toiyabe Range, southwest of Arc, or Toiyabe, 9omee" #So named for stand of mountain nahogany, d/u 36 31 16 MAP!IIATTAN: (mzn hat an) A toys pop, , 356; alto, 6,905i6 in the south part of the Toquima Range, 45 mi, Tonopah; and a mining district at the town, discovered in"^^^:." #So named by settlers in the hope that it would rival Manhattan, or New York City. 28 MANSE: (mzns)$ A town, also known as Kanse Ranch, pop,, 23; in extreme southeast art of county, near the Clark County line,37 Indian name fcr 'sbrush.1t58 d/" 36 MILLET: (mil et) town and old stage station 56 in northern Nye e west on the east flan County on Nevada BADto16 an3 a minin district to 56 of the Toiyabe Range ; pop a , 25; " alt . 6 ,Ooze '' Named for FOB Millet 36 A ange in northcentral Nye CountyBMa of MONITOR: (msn ts) 46 rit Toiyabe National Forest, extending north into Eureka County; a peak in the range alto 10,856 ;40 a valley between Toquim and Monitor ranges .37 MOREY: (m5r 2) A pe in the south part of Hot Creek Range; 37 a town in Little Sm ky ValleyDifljand a mining district west of the town, discovered . in 1866,18 IW 36 34. NORTH~BERLAND: (nap th% ber land) A mining d'strict, in the Toquima Range in northern Nye County, organized in 1866; 1i alsc, a cave, not fully explored, on the west slope,of the Toquima Rangee4' #So named for a county in England, - ', * 28 NYAU: (ni a la> k town, pop; 68; on the west slope of tkQuinn Canyon Range, south of LockeseJs #So named as a derivative of Nye. OAK SPRING; (Zk) A mining district located at Oak Spring on the east flank of the Belted Range near its southern end.l -/& 37 OASIS: (5 a sis)ss A mountain north of Beatty. #So named because it appeared green, in contrast with the surrounding region, ODDIE: (cdJ /y i) A peak, alto, 6,033; 37 just north of Tonopah.37Named for former Senator Tasker Lo Oddie, one of the developers of the Tonopah Mining District.,lb '/ PAHRUMP: (pa rump) A valley ir? the extreme southwest .orner of the county. extending from California into lIye and Clark counties; 3ci and a town in Chapter XI11 Nye Covinty -58- 40 10 the valley, A Paiuke word meaning "people of the meadows.'' PAHUTE IIESA, ($ Tt ~5's;)~~large me a in southern Nye County, south uf the CacC,us and Kawich ranges, 48 76 PANCAKE: (G'k'lak) A range extending north from Reveille Range eastern FJye County into the southwestern part of Frnite Pine County. & #So named for the low, flat contour of the hills, Y/* 36 PARADISE: (par a dys) A 1" ge in northwestern Nye County, a unit of the Toiyabe Fintional Forest; % a peak, At., 8,668;40 in the range. FEMOYER: (Gn'oi S)A valley in eastern laye County, east of duinn Canyon Range a extending into Lincoln Comty.40 PINON: (pinY/d yun) 36 A eak west cf Tybo in the llonitor Range. 37 #So narnea for the pine trees :n the region, PRESLE: (prsb 1) A peak, alt, 5 .()YO; 39 near the Esmeralda line a little south of east of GoldfieLd. Named for Charles S Preble , survepr general 1877 to 18130. 2 266 40 QUARTZITE: (kw"ortz'rt)/ A peak ait., 5,060, in southern Nye County on the California borderokd #So naxed for quartz found in area. QUINN CANYON: (kwyn k&'fi) A range on the eastern border of Nye County cutting across the nortkwesr, corner of Lincoln Cgpty on into Nye C0untg:I"' a unit of the Nevada National Forest, VALLEY: (r% %)26 A valley west of &inn Canyon and Grant ~~~~qoa mar& and salt mining district, in7$ne valley, also known 40 as Butterfield. sb a Nanonal Wildlife Refuge surrounding the marsh; east sf Fancake Range 40 ,I 1 d FALSTON: (Pal s%un) A valley in western Nye County, north and east of Tonopah.37 Named in honor of Judge James E. Raiston, Faho died in the valley in 1864.73 RED MOUNTAIN: (rgd noun / tin)" 36 A peak, alt., 7,042, 37 just north of Tonopah in the San Antonio Nountains.37 # So named for the color of the mountain. REESE: \rgs) A river rising in the Shoshone Range in northerr. Nye County. d7 ( see Laride? Ccunty) o/w -% REVEILLE: (rev e le)' A range extending scxth from Pancake Range in eastern NYe -,-Countlr;'' - and a peak, dt,, 80?:C;40 in the range. RHYLOTE: (ri o lite)' X tom pop,, 20;28 at,,3,571; 5 mi. west of Beatty, in the Bullfrog settled in 1904. In the i3ullfrog Minin 9istrictei6 Named for rhyolite the predcninating rock in the district,l8 Chapter XI11 Nye County -59- ROUHD FiOUbITliIN: (And mod tyn) j6 A toym, pop, 157;31 alte gt313; 16 in northwest !\lye Count on the west slope of the Toquima Range; 1 a mountain, alt., 6,8252 on which the town is situated, and a mining district at the town, d-36 40 SAN ANTONIO: (sgn gn t?ni 01 A short range north of Tonopa , and a mining district. embracing the range,” discovered in 1863.l‘ #So named for the Texas City. 16 SAN JUAN: (sgn hwan) 36 A peak, alt ., 10,982; on the Lander County line on the west flank of the Toiyabe Range 16 SEYLER: (s% 19) A peak, alto, 7,937; in the southern part of the Toiyabe Range 40 ’’‘ SHARP: (sharp) A town, pop. 25; 27 on the et8t slope of the &inn Canyon Range, north of Lincoln County line, Named after an early settler,27 d 34 SHZWA&, (shb man) A peak in northwest. Hye County in the Paradise Range a 37 SHEEP: ( shzp)36 A peak in the Monitor Range north of Big Ten Peak. #So named for wild sheep found in early days. SHOSHONE: (sh: shc’ng) A GBnge in northwestern IJye County, a unit of Toiyabe I.Jatior,ai Forest also a short range in southern !dye, 40 south of the Belted Range. #So named for the Indian tribe, SKULL: (skzl)3s A short range in southeastern Nye County, 42 SPECTRE: (ssk’ tTr)s A range running southeast at an angle from Skull Ilour~tain.~~#So named from the spectral appearance of the stark desert hills. STONEWALL: (st>n’wh) 36 kOmountain in southwest Nye Coun on the edge of the Pahute Mesa; a glat north of the mountain;’ and a mi ing distpict at Stonwall Spring;’ on the north slope of the mountain, 18 #So nmed after General ’Stonewallg Jackson, of the Confederate Amy. w- 28 40 SUNNYSIDE: (sun i A town, pop., 27; in nort ast Nye County, near the Lincoln County line, in White River Valiey.‘8 #So named for its physical features 36 TIMBER: (tym ber) A mountain in southern Nye County, outh of Pahute Mesa, about midway between east and west county lines.45) #So named for timber found there, TOIYABE: (toi’i bg) k range extending from north n Nye County into Lander County, a unit of Toiyabe National Forest, fit; Toiyabe Range Peak, Chapter XI11 Nye County -6O= near the Lande? c0unt.y line ;40 4ydy7Toiyabc 40 Dome, alt., 11,775; also called Arc Dome, in the range vaned from the Paiute, a corruption of Toyavi , meaning "mount am ., 30 42 TOLICHA: (tz'lycb aj A peak, alto, 7,030; on the Pahute Mesa in south- west Nye County;" a m'ning district on the north slopes o Tolieha Peak and Quartz FIountains,l'md south of Monte Cristo Springs." A Yokut tribal name. 10 -1 J A. 31. TONOPAH: (to lio pa) A town, pop, ? 2,449; at the jl tion of US 95 with US 6, 'O and on t Southern Pacific branch line;"Y near t.he Esmeralda County line *''Incorporated 1903 dfsincorporated 1923i623 A mining district at the town, discovered 1900 by James L.,Butler, The name is given asstwater brush," lo "Tono" means thorny and Irpaht1 water; a local Indim defined the name as l'thorny bush, hiding spring."me APt. 69033;42 TO&UDIA: (tz kz &) .A range running north and soilth between Toiyabe and Nonitor Ranges, and extetpng north into Lander County;'' a unit of the Toiyabe National Forest, The name of a band of Mono Indians, the word means "black backs lllo 1 TYBO: (tZ bo) ii toqo pop,, 49;11alt. 6,500; on t e west slope of the Hot Creek Range; 40 mi. southeast of Belmont;ko a mining dist ict adjoining the Hot Creek District to the north, discovered in 1870;18 66 the town was started in 1874,l The word is Shoshone, meaning "white." WXEELBARROW:: (hw%l b%r' g) 36 A peak, alt ? 8,605;40 ir! th.e Reveille Range. 40 WHITE RIVER: (hwxt )36 A stream rising in the White Mountains in White Pine County and running south into northeast Mye Count- 40 one of the Great Basin strezms. which have no out.let to the sea..'"A valley along the Named for F, A, White, a member of the Blasdel party, 1866.56 36 YUCCA: (yyik'a) -4 short rmge in s0ut.h central Nye Coun+;y, south of Timber Nountain,, m.11 west of Forty Nile #So rimed from the abundance of Yucca plants in the region, commonly known as Joshua tree. CHAPTER XIV ORMSBY COUNTY CARSOM CITY: (kar's'n ,",t/?)36 A city, op., 2,474;31at,, 4,660;20 the smallest capital in the United State~:~'inEagle Valley, which is i valley of the Carson Rivepi37 n the Virginia and Truckee Rzilroad,33the and at the junction of US 395;" Nevada 57, a.nd 65i40 md US 50 (the Pony Express Route ;56 incorporated in 1813e23-Carson City sancistone quarry, at the State Prison, east Gf thp city; purchased by the State of Nevada from Abr-aham Curry in 1864;16 from which building stone has been quarried and used in buildings in Carson City, in Reno, and at the State Prison.16 Carson, a river (see Douglas County): Carson Agency; Carson Non- reservation Boarding school (see Stewart) e Carson Valley, a name generally applied to that part or' the valley in Douglas County in which Gardnerville, Chapter XIV Ormsby County -61= Genoa, and Minden are situated.37 Ali 9CCarsonst1named after Kit Carson, buffalo hurter, guide, and scouf with John C. Fremont’s party, for whom Fremont nmed the Carson Rivey. 1 EAGLE: (g’g’l) 36 A valley in north central Omsby County, an arm of the valley of the Carson River, west of the strean;3? in which Carson City is situatede3? Named by settlers at Eagle Ranch and Station, who suffed an eagle which they had shot, and nailed it over +,he station door, c.1859. 5 36 28 EMPIRE: /,%m’pTr) A town, 3yPe’ 10; aLteD4,593; nn the Carson 37 River east of Carson City, along t,he Virginia and Truckee Rail-road; 1 first zalled Dutch Nickus Station, for Nicholas Ambrosio, the proprietor, The name was changed to Empire City during boorn,tirnes on the Comstock Lode in expectation of its becoming a big @it,y.-’ LAKEVIEW: (1Zk’~;)~~A town or siding, on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, and on th;l,,divide between Eagle and itTashoe .valleys, at. the Omsby- iJashoe county line “pop .lo F f8 alt 5 ~ 000 ; founded 1370 , by the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Compazy, at a point wheq the pip line from Narlette Lake and Vir inia City crosses the highway.’ Named because of the view of Ttdashoe Lake;5 now on US 395.J8 28 MARLETTE: 9&r lgt)j6 An artificial lake ~~lt.~~g,800;en the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, east of Lake Tahoe; on the boundar line between Ormsby and Washoe Counties ;38 about half in each ~ount.y;$~created to provide a permanent. water uppiy for Virginia City arld G?&d Xi11 in Storey County, 31$ mi. east;’g pipe line completed in i875;lJ delivery capacity ‘7,000,000gallons per dayB13 a peak (see Washoe County,) Named for General So He Marlette, who surveyed the lakeo13 39 SNaJ VALLEY: (snZ v%l’?)‘‘ 4 peak, alt.., 9,274; southeasto of Marlette Lake;39 the highest elevation in Ormsby CountyO13 Named for a small valley or canyon cn its slope which is filled with snow most of t’he year. 39 -w jLc- STEWART: (stu e~t)3~A post office, zommunfty popos 228; ateQ^io 4,6?55;38 3 mi. southeast of Carson Cii,y, just off US 395;j8 on t, e site of the Carscn Nonresemathon Boarding School and Carson Agency.7$ Under an act cf the legislature of Nevada, passed Jan, 25, 1887’$ 223 acres of land for t.he boarding school was donated to the governmen4 appyoved by the Superintendent of Indian Schools on December 27,1808; ’ and ae ptance authoyiaed by Secretary of the Interior Vilas on January 29, 1889;?’ under an act of June 29, 1888, the federal government appr priated $25,000 for constructing and completing suitable b ildings; 78 the first school opened YEcember 17, 1890, with 37 pupils.7’ The school capacity is 525 pupils. The school emolls pupils from all of Nev central and north- ern Califorzia, and from portions of Idaho and Utah,?% first called Stewart Institute fok Senatol- Wiiliam 14, Str>rart, later Carson Indian School because Carson City was the nearest post office until Stewart post office was established. The Carson Agency was established here is 1925, wit)8 juridication over the area formerly administered by the Reno Agency.’ By Departmental Order of July 1, 1939 all Indians in Nevada except those in Elko, Eureka, Lander, and Vhite Pine counties, toge’..her; with scattered Chapter XIV Ormsby County -62- bands in Alpine, Inyo and llono counties California, were placed under the jurisdication of the Carsor, Agency.78 Named for Swator William M, Stewart, United States Senator fl-om Nevada from 1865 to 1175, and from 1887 to 1905.5 23 TAHOE: (fk’h;) A lake, alt.,?$,22?: low, the point at which no 38 water will flow from the lak56 on the California-Nevada boundary 12 sq, mi. in Ormsby County; on the east slope of t e Siema- Mevada,38 Named by the Washoes, meaning Weep wateroft!2 - -/* VA-PAI-SHOh3: (wa pi sho ne) A trading post at Stewart, operated for the sale of craf articles made by memehers of the Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone A coined word from the three tribe nameso WASHOE: (wash’?) A range extending from Lakeview northeast on the line between Ormsby Lyon and Storey counties, and Washoe County, to the Truckee River.& Named from Nassau or Wassou, meaning It tall bunch grass” or “native rye grass ,110 CHAPTER XV PERSHING COUNTY ANTELOPE: (zn’t. 1;~)’ A range extending north and 88uth in north central Pershing County,“ np th of the Trinity Range; a mining district, also called Cedar,j5 18 mi. west of Imlay,in the range.J5 #So named for prevalence of antelope in early days, 36 AULD LANG SYRE: (aid l&g s?n) A peak in the north part of East Range I northeast of Mill City,37 BLACK ROCK: A desert in northwest Pershing County, extending north into Humboodt Covlnty from the Granite Creek Desert;35 one of the nost desolate areas in the State, result of the evapoqfjtion of ancient Lake Lahontan.35 Black Rock Point, a to, 5,023; on the desert just north of the line in Iiumboldt County,“was a land mark for emigrants on the Lassen Trail.” Named for the rock.l7 BLUE WING: (blG 1&g)36 A short Tange between the Nightingale Range and Seven Troughs Range , extending in an east-west direction.37 -/ ’ 35 BUENA VISTA: (bwa nass A valley between Humboldt and East ranges; a mining district, also called Unionville, or anized 1865,16 on the east slope of Humboldt Range, south of Mill The valley was settled by men from the South, who hd fought at Buena Vista during theiwar with Mexico, and they named it to commemorate that battlefield. BUFFALO: (b%f’i G$$.A peak, alt *, 8,387;’’ in the Humboldt Range south of Rochester; a valle east of the Tobin Range along the Pershing-Lander County line.33 #So fiamed for the buffalo grass found growing here by the emigrants. Chapter XV Pershing County 15 COSGROVE: (k?$’gr%$ A station she Southern Pacific Railrcad, 2€? northeast or’ Imlay; pop. 3 10, 36 EAST: (zst> A range extending across Pershing County from the Churchill to the Hurnboldt County line 35 east of Buena Vista Valley, 35 #So named for its position, 36 EUGENE: (G’je’n) A short range !n nort& Pershing County, crossing the Humboldt County line about midway. FITTING: (fit3/u 1.12g)~~ A town and mining dis$ ict in Spring Valley Canyon on the east flank of H boldt 3ange;’ 14 mi. east of Oreana and 28 mi. south of Mill City.45 W/Y GRANITE CRZEK: (gran it)36A desert extending across the northwest corner of Pershing county835 between the Smoke Creek Desert in Washoe County and the Black Rock T)esert.‘O #So named for granite predominant in region, .d IJ 6 GRANITE POINT: (gran it point)36 A rockc, alt,, 3,917;39a tom, on 28 the Soutbrn Pacific Railroad, sou west of Lovelock; pop,, 10: Named for 8 protrusion of granite. $15 0 36 GRASS VALLEY: (g s> A valley in Rortheast Pershing County, north of Pleasant between Sonoma and East #So named for plentiful supply of forage, HUMEWLDT: (h&’bat)36 @:ver, extending from northeast to southwest aeross Pershing County;’ ee Elko, Churchill and Hunbold counties,) a range east of the river:53 a town, pop,, 20;28a1t.,4,2~2;k0 o US 40;” and on the Southern Paeifie Railroad, 7 mi, southwest of Imlay;‘3 a mining district east of the town,35 also known as Imlay and Eldorado;35 at the north end of the range on its west flank.35 A storage resel-voir west of the tom,41 also called the Pitt-Taylor Reservoir after prominent citizens of the county, constructed by the Humboldt-Lovelock Irrigation Ligh and Power Company, by diversion of the water of the Humboldt RiverO7’ Humboldt City was noted for its good clear wate in the early days, and was a show spot along the Central Pacifie 8 (Huniboldt Project see Rye Patch) ., IMLAY: (L’l:) A town, pop. 200; 28 alt, 4,Z3;lC3 es3fblished as division point on the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1904; 39 mi northwest of Lo~elock;~’on US 4.0;~’ a mining distriet.(See Humboldt), u, wv INJIIAN: (in di an)10 A peak in the Humboldt Range; 37 southwest of Unionv’llle mining district in Indian Canyon on the east flank of the range, 33 Y /’ KANMA: (kam a> A range in northwestern Pershin County, north of Seven Troughs Flange extending into Humboldt County,37 Chapter XV Pershing County -64- -/ KUMIVA: (k; me va) A peak, alt li 7,340i4'in t.he Selenite Range in the west part of the county, 40 LONE: (lrn) A peak, alto 9 ,110; in southeast Pershing Countye4' #So named because it st.ands alone. LOVELOCK: (luvd/U lok) A town, pop., 1,287;" alte93,98Z;43 on the Humboldt iver, in southern PePshing County;40 on the Southern Pacific 8 Railroad;'3 and US 40;38 an Indian Colony, pop. e,116;? area 20 acres, just west of the Lovelock was settled in 1861 by anes Blake; in 1862 George Lovelock and family settled in the mezdows; !? b 1872 it was known as LovelockPs incorporated in 1917 as Lovelock.5 31 Made the county seat when Pershing County was organized from the southern 1 part of Humboldt County March 18, 1919023Named for George Lovelcok. * LC%EII ROCHESTER: (15 er PO@ es ter) -4 town in the Humboldt Range, popeI 263;28 east of US 40" $So named as town for the mining district of Rochester MILL CITY: Zt5)36 A town, -, z1;28 &to,4,23ii43 4 mi, northeast of Irnla~;~Oon US 4D-95;GPalong the Humboldt River;40 a mining district northwest of Eugene biountains, which is the largest producer of tungsten ore in the United States.35 A quartz mill was built here in ea ly days, because of nearby water,so the place was named Will City, f NENZEL (ngn'zgl) A peak, altoI) 7,821; 39 at Rochester, in the Humboldt Range.95 Named for Joseph F, Nenzel, one of the mine owners in the Rochester District.35 NIGHTINGAU: (nTt 'in gCal A range in southwest Pershin Ccunty, east of Winnemucca Lake ;la-",mining district in the range fG d' 28 28 OREANA: (erg an a)36 A town, pop, 68; altM 4,179; on4&he Southern Pacific Railroad;43 along the Hmboldt River; near US 40; the Oreana smelter, built in 1867,35 was the first 'n Nevada from which lead ore was shipped in commercial quantities; 35 and contests with Argenta, Montana, the honor of being the birthplace of the silver- lead smelting industry in the United States.35 #Coined for "ore" - material containing valuable tallic constituents and the Grsek "anall - greatly, excessively. 9% Ylm- - disfi PLACERITES: (plas er e tes) mining ict on the east slope of 35 Kamma EIountains c. 8 mi. south of S~ossa;~~discovere in the '50's; First placer mining done Ly hand methods in the '708s;95 named because of placer gold found in the district. Chapter XV Pershing County -65- PUASAN55VALL8Y: A valley between East and Tobin Ranges, south of Grass named for its surroundings, -Ly /w 36 ?ABBIT FIOL (rab it h RAGGED TOP: (rzg %d)36 A mining distri$, also known as Copper Valle on the west slope of the Trinity Range, in southern FerdingCounty; 10 mi., by oad west of Toulon siding on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 35 and US 40:' where tungsten deposits were discovered in 1916;35 Name derived from Ragged Top Mountain, which has a colwnnar structure resembling ruins 35 ROC€ESTER: (rzchzs t%)$ A mining district and tovmsite 9 mi. east 35 of Oreana; 35 discovered in the 60' s : 35 in the central Humboldt Range. Named by prospectors from Rochester, New York, 35 -u 41 RYE PATCHo (ri pach) A station, alt. 4,252; on the Southern Pacific Railroad; 39 23 mi north of Lovelock;40 a mining district 4 mi east on the west flank of the Rumboldt Range;35 located in 1864;35 a dam in the Humboldt River, principal feature of the Humboldt Project, federal projeqh l!o. 21, constructed the Bureau of Reclamation, completed 1936; 1 mi. west of US 40;e;r and the reservoir created by it to provide water for irrigated lands in the Lovelock area.78 Narned for the wild dr;y grass that grew abundantly about the placeell v "/ c SACMNTO: (s%c ra men to)$ A mini33 district on the west fla Humboldt Range 5 mi. east of Oreana; known since early days; 1924 a dumortierite deoosit was located here;35 the only known commercial source of this mineral n the world;35 used with other silicates in the rnarufacture of spark plugs and refractories. 35 SAGE IIEN: (~'aj'hgn)~~A valley in the southwest corner of Pemhing County, between Nig tingale and Sahwave mountains; 37 and a small stream east of the valley.'' #So named for wild sage hens in the area. I#' 1 d SAHWAVE: (sah wav) A short range in southwest Pershirg Zounty, east of Sag Hen ~dley.37A northern Paiute derivative meaning "common f0 sage. " 28 35 SCOSSA: (skosI' a) A town,3yop., 506; 50 mi. by road north of Lovelock, and 28 mi. west of Inlay; in the Antelope Range:35 and a mining district at the town, discovered by Jaqes and Charles Scossa in 1930 and named for them.35 J/, - 36 SELENITE: (sel e nit) A range extending from north of Winnemucca Chapter XV Pershing County -66- 40 Lake in Washoe Counsy along the county line in western Pershing County, #So named for varie !% of Mineral (a variety of gypsum in crystals OF crystalline masses) in the .,region. SEEM TROUGHS; ( s&'$ tr'E;fsTA short range south of the Kamma Mountains in western Pershing Co: a minin district on the Ea,@ slop of the range, about 32 mi. northwest of Lovelock;'6discoyrred in 1905; whish ad' ined the mining samps of Farrell, Mazuma, and Vernon; a canyon in the range; 93 named for seven troughs placed beloy springs in the canyon by stockmen to provide a watering place for stock. SONOlIA: (sz ved range in northeast Pershing Co,, extending north into Humboldt So named for Sonoma County, California., SPRIITG VALLEY: (~pryng)~ficanyog50n the east side f the Humboldt Range; 35 a minin district in the region, located in 1868;1g14 mi, by road east of O~-eana.~~#Sonamed for springs in the canyon, 20 STAR: (~tar)~~Apeak, alt., 9,835; in the Humb93dt Range?5a mining district35 in Star Creek Canyon, 6 mi, north of Unionville,and 12 mi, south ofMill City. 0% 35 TOBIN: (tB bin) A ran$& in eastern Pershing County, west of Buffalo Valley; a peak, alt *, 10,000; in the range #So named for the family of Clement L. Tobin, of Winnemucca. \trv 40 TRINITY: (trin ty)36A range west of the Humboldt River; south Antelope Range ;" extending south into northwest Churchill County. "j a mining district in Trinit Canyon on the east flank of the range,35 11 mi. by road north of Lovelock?' discovered in 1859 by George Lo~elock.~l~ /v 36 28 5 mi. west of Nevada 50; and UNIOMVILLE: cn .wy,vyl) A town, pop. , 41; 35 a mining district; on the st side of Hunbold Range in Buena Vista Canyon; 20 mi, south of Mill City;%organized in 1861.35The town was first called Buena Vista, later Dixie; with the influx of northe ers it became ville,' It was first county seat of Hunboldt County!3 1861 to 1873. !Yon- 28 VERNON: (vs A toy-f:, pop, 15; the southern most camp of the Seven Troughs Mining District WINNEMUCCA : (w%d n ' mEk k)A lake in 88uthwes t Pershing County, 40extendin $8 into Washoe County!' with no outlet; remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan. A national wildlife Refuge of 11,915 acres, established by executive order of July 25, 1940, surrounding and including the lake, and admini ered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior,'8from August 19, 1 5 to July 25, 1940 it was called the Winnemucca Migratory aird Refuge.@Named as other 'Win emuccas' for the Indian Chief, known to the whites here in early days, P J/ 28 alto, g34,000; 11 on the Southern WGESEY:- (wool sn A townm pop, , 10 racific Railroad, 9 mi, northeast of Love1ock;also on US 40, CHAPTER XYI STOREY COUf?TY CONSTOCK: (k‘;;rn’st%k) A mining district, known in the early d ys as the Washoe District;“ inciudin Virginia Cit and Gold €!ill;”the Comstock Lode is in the FI shoe,’ or Virginia, 55 Mountains, on the east flank of lIount Davidson;” and is the site of the “Big Bonanza”, the largest ever found on the Comstock; discovered in 187’3 by John We Mackay and JmeslS. Fair, with the financial assistance of John O‘Brien and James Flood; other lodes in the Comstock District are Brunswick or Oceidental,’,ode in what is sometimes called the Silver Star District to the east;” and the Flower Lode still farther east in what is also called the Flowery District,lg “The discovery of the Comstock Lode cannot be attributed to any one individual nor given any exact date, for it was the outcome of the activitie of a large number of people extending over a long period of tine p ”lgbeginning with th discovery of placer gold at the mouth of Gold Canyon in July 1849.1g by Abner Blackburn, a Mormon immigrant belonging to the 3eatlg party, which erected t,he first house in devada at Genoa in 1849; ------“The discovery of gold at Gold Canyon led tc the discovery of the Conistock.Iti The lode was naned for Xenry T, Po Cornstock, yg o nade doubtful claim to being cne of the discovers of Gold Hill, JJ DAVIDSON: (dg’vid su )36 A peak, alt,, 7,8?0;16 the highest point in the Vashoe Range;” first called Sun Feak, it was renamed liount Davidson for 3onall. Davidson State Geologist of California, 5 who climbed the mountain and estimated its height,5 36 FLOVERY: (fl%u/ry) A range of hills extending northeast ft;sm Virginia City, north f Six Eiie Canyon and southeast of Long Vailey; a peak, alt., 6,660;“ in the south end of the range;41 a mining district in the range (see Cornstock) .I6 Named for wild flcwers ?,hat grow abundantly in th2 canyons in the spring, when there is much water from melting snow, J U/W GOLD CANYON: (gxd kan yun)% A canyon Deginning on the south slop of Mount 3avidson and continuing through Gold Hill and Silver City to the Carson River at Dayton in Lyon Countyy;16 a distance of about 8 miles..5 Named for placer gold found there by early immigrants and prospectors,2L U 39 GOLD HILL: (gzld hill36 A tom, pop., 21Q;3a alt 5,950; at the head of Gold Canyon; I6 ’ mi. south of Virginia City;lgsin th mining district of the same name,”the south end of he Comstock Lode;1g discovered in 1859 .16 Tom incorporated in 1862;‘’ disincorporat,ed in 1861. 23 Named Gold qill be its discoverers because it seemed to be a little hill of gold A 36 LOMG VALLEY: (irng TT~i) A creek heading in the WasQfe Range, northeast of Virginia City,lcl joined by Lo setown Creek, and running north to the Truc ee River in wet seasons;” and the canyon or valley along the streamekl #So named for its length. Chapter XVI Storey County -68- 39 41 4 I-. McCLELLAM: (mk klel an)36 A peak, at., 7,650; in the Washoe Range, on the Storey-Washoe line. 41 36 37 ROCKY: (r:k’i) A eak, alto, 7,070; in the Flowery Range in east- ern Storey Countye3’ #So named for heavy rock outcroppings. J SIX NILE: (siks mT1) % A canyon, starting in a wash on the north side of Mount Davidson,5 I mi. from the head of Gold Cany~n,~cutting through and o er the Cornstock Lode and reaching to the valley of the Carson RivePo? Named for its length, dW 39 39 TIBBIE: (tib i) A peak, alt *, 7,278; in the Flowery ilange. /- TRUCKEE. (truk4 e) A river forming the northwest boundary of Storey County.” (see Washoe County) /* ’ 36 31 40 VIRGINIA CITY: (ve“p jin i a cyt’y) 4 +&n, nop, , 948; fp.9 6,339; it was the largest of old histor‘cal western mining tams; on the north end f the Comstock Lode, lk on the eastern s30 e of Mount Davidson; 18 where gold was discovered in June 1859;l’ first called Silver City, then Ophi 5 ‘on June 22, 1859 James Fenimore, locally known as !Old VirginnyQ?‘3 located a claimp lying west of the Comstock, which he called the Virginia Lead.13 He is said to have baptised the town with a bottle of whiskey, proclaimin,. it Virei-;a..5 Att,a~hninz bnim as Virginia Town it was incorporated as Virg’nia and later changed by the Post Office Department to Virginia City.’ It was first incorporated in 1860 under Utah Territory, then under Nevada Territory $3 1.861, and undeP the State of Nevada in 1864, reincorporated in 1877; and dis- . incorporated in 1881,5the county seat since Storey County was es- tablished in 1861.23 The surrounding Virginia City Mining District was the first regular mining district ir. Nevada Territory.5 v /- 41 WASHOE: (wosh 0) A r ge of mountains, in western Storey County, along the county line.“ (see Omsby and Washoe counties.) Named: ‘!The best authority on this subject, 3r. A. Lo KPoeber, says that Washoe is from Washiu, which means “person1! in their own language. See Hand- book of American Indians, 11, 9Z0.175(Secretary’s note, p. 202.)5 CHAPTER XVII WASHOE COUNTY 39 39 ALKALI : (zlka’ 1;) 36 A lake, alt 5,670; in Long Valley north of Vya, in northwestern Washoe #So named for the chemical content of the water. 41 ANAHO: (Zn k Lo) An island, alt,, 4,360;~’ area 247.73 acres; in Pyramid Lake ;‘’noted as the largest single nesting place of white pelican in the United States;78 established as the Anaho I and Bird Refuge by Presidential Proclamation of September 13, 191?;Jg and by executive order No. 2416 of July 25, 1940 made a national wildlife refuge 78 Chapter XVI Washoe County -69 - 28 BIG CANYON: (byg kZn’~&)~~A town, pop., 14; west of bramid Lake, between Sutcliffe and Flanigan;37 in a canyon of the same name.37 Named for the size of the canyon. */*36 BLACK WARRIOR: (blgk wor yer) ak, just west of the Churchill County line, in the Truckee Range.A4€? BOULDER: A small lake, the southernmost of a group of lakes in northern Washoe County.37 #So named for boulders in the region. 36 CENTRAL : (se‘n‘ trzl) A lake , dry most of the time , lying between Boulder and Forty-nine lakes.40 #So named for its position. 39 COLEPIIAN. (k-olk~)~~A valley, alto, 4,900; in northern Washoe County, Nevada,” and southern Lake County, OregoneZ1 John C. Fremont and p ty camped here, on the Oregon side, on the night of December 26, 1843;?€ and the next day left Oregon Territory,crossing what was then the s9fthern boundary of United States territory, and entered Mexican territory, into what is now Nevada.21 -ry 28 40 DIESSNER: (dis ner) A community, pop,, 23; in northwest Washoe County. Named for Oscar Diessner, a clerk for the local school board,” ” 4- 34 31 46 EMPIRE: (em pip) A t3r3POP., 100; at4,3,931; 5 mi. south of GerlachDlgn Nevada 9; built and owned by the Pacific Portland Cement Company; reached from Gerlach over a causeway acro the neck of a playa between Smoke Creek and Granite Creek deserts .‘*Settled 1922 .16 #So named for Empire in Ormsby County, where the company also operated a cement plant, tTmpiretl being the trade name for the gypsum products. dc/ 28 FLANIGAM: (flz’igan) A town, pop., 25b on the Fernley-Klamath Falls branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, at the point where it is crossed by the Western Pacific Railroadom Naqed for Po L. Flanigan, owner of a sheep ranch iq the vicinity, and a prominent citizen of the county. FLEISH: (&h) A power station the Sierra P cific Power on the Tmckee River, west of Verdi;Og, pop,, 15;“ established Named for the Fleishaker family of San Francisco, tho operated the paper mill formerly at Floriston, in the vicinity. 5 Alu- FORTY-NINE: (for ti nin)3i0A lake, alt., 5,”100;41 in northwest Washoe County, southeast of Vya, #So named by emigrants during the gold rush days of l49. 37 FOX: (fgk~)~~A peak in the Granite Range. #So named for Nevada desert foxes in the region. . FRUKTOWN: (fr&gk’toun) 36 A sidin on the Virginia and Truckee Rail- road, and ranch community, pop., a town was laid out he e by OrSon Hyde, probate Judge of Carson County, Utah Territory, in 1855;‘ the Chapter XVII Yashoe County -70- 25 second oldest settlement in western Kevada. #So named for Frank Poirier, a local resident. 31 46 GERLACH: (gs 12k) pop., 186; dt., 3,931; on the Wester A town, $0 Pacific Railroad:4rb at the southwest end of the Granite Creek Desert. Settled 1906, on rai road land, as a division point; now only a station and watering point .d A mining district in the north end af the Truckee Range.l‘Named for the Gerlach Land and Cattle Company, located on the nearby Gerlach and Waltz,ganch. Geylach is ninety miles north of Wadsworth, on l!evada 34,5 GLEN3ALE: (glenu/- dal) 36 A community, southeast of Reno, formerly called Stone and Gates Crossing, on the Truckee River, on the Donner Party R0ute.l Settled in 1853, and named for its pleasant surroundings,25 GRANITE: (gran/? it) 36 A short range orth of Smoke Creek Desert: 37 a peak, alt. 88990;41in the range 4f #So named for predominance of granite ir. the region. GUANO: !gw&r~’:)~~A valley in northeast Mashoe County. 39 #So named for bird deposits. HOIEY LAKE: (h%/iJ lak)- 36 A valley, west of Flaaigan; 37 extending into Eevada from Honey Lake in California.3? Naried for the lake. 28 28 IKJFT?AKERBS: sa> A community, pop., 10; alt., 4,509; 7 mi. (h?f’& 40 south of Reno on US 395. ed for G.W. Huffaker, who settled on a ranch here in the 1850 sa%? 36 LAKE RANGE: el& r&j> A range txtending north and south between the Pyramid and Yinnemucca lakes. Named for the geographical position. 3 /Y 41 41 L!I~DION: (lem un) 36 A valle alt, I 5,000; 9 mi. north of Reno; north- east of P vine M~untain.~~’Slated1942, to become the site of an army air bas 38 Named for the F. Lemon family, who had a ranch in the valley * f I - 36 41 LONG VALLEY: (lo’g i> A valley, alt., 5,695; ext ding north to south fr, the central part of northern Washoe County.“ Named for its length. u/’ ” 41 41 MAHOGANY: (m; hog a ni)36 A peak, %It.,8,363; in the Granite Range. #So naned for growth of mountain mahogany. II / & ELARLETTE: (mar let) peak in the Sierr Nevada Range n southwest Washoe County, north of Marlette Lake;$ at., 8,844, 43 MASSACT6 (mzs’a k?r)36 A lake in Long Valley, in northern Washoe County, east of Vya.“ Named for a massacre of emigrants which took place near I;ere in 1850. 17 :hapter XVII iashoe County / 36 28 MIDDLE&O(rnid- 1) A lake, alto 5,800; between Massacre Lake and West Lake. Named €GY its position bet.ween two other lakes, MOUNT ROSE: (momt P~Z)36 A peak, at I0,800;43. in the Sierra,41 north of Lake Tahoe, an3 south st cf Renoe4* Named either for Jacob S, Rose, a pioneer of' the re ion;'' or Miss Rose Hickman, member of an excursion party to the peak, 25 MUD: (rt~yd)~~A small &ke , alt, , 3,862; 28 in northern Was oe County, near the Oregon line; also, a larger lake or mud flat," between Lake and Selenite ranges, south of Gerlach,40 remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan lake bed,35 Named because of little water, and conditions of dqving lakes. NACHE: (nyt chT) A eak, alt., 6,510;41 at the south end of the Nightinga3fj Range ;3.g near the junction oE Chumhill, Pershing, and Washoe counties 24 37 PJEN YEAR: (n; j,&)s6 A lake, alto, 6,065; in Rorthwest Washoe County, near the Nevada-California boundary, 37 MIXOM: (niksJ /u on> A community center and postoffice, near the south end of Pyramid Lake, on the PyamidLake Indian Reservation;lc0 pop., c.550 Paiutes on the resoryBtion as a whole.78 Nixon is 18 mi. north of Wads- worth, on Uevada 34.' Fremont and his party camped near here, along ~ the Truckee River, close to an Indian village, on the night of January 15, 18NO25 Named for George So Nixon, United States Senator from Nevada 1905-1912. 21 y/ 16 OLINGHOUSE: (z ling hou ) A mining district, in Olinghouse anyon, northwest of Wadsworth;''on the east flank of Pah h Range.3' Named for E. Olinghouse, who located mining claims here. 23 PAH RAH: (ii'1-2) A I" e extending northwest fro the Truckee River 40 to the Virginia RangeF'southwest of Pyrmid Lake;80 a peak, alt., 8,220; in the ran e. Named probably from the Paiute word "poret' meaning sand r1 18 " / bd 10 40 P,4H-RUM: (par um) A peak at the north end of Lake Range, alt., 7,800. PEAVI E MOUNTAIN : (g'vrn) 36 A peak alt 1g 270; 41 just northwest of Reno;" and a mining dist5fct on the peak. Mamed for wild peavines growing along the slopes, .&/& 36 PI,EASAEIT VALLEY: (plez ant) A small valley, southwest of Steamboat 41 -Valley, through wnieh Galena Creek runs from th slopes of Mount ose; traversed by the Virginia d Truckee Railroad;" and by I;S 395;3' on the route to Carson City.3'A we 1 watered and green valley, early emigrants called it "pleasant. 'I i Chapter XVII Washoe County -72- POND: (pznd) 36 B0peak, alt., 8,010; west of Spanish Springs Peak;4o the Pah Rah Range, V/l 26 37 PYRANID: (pir mid) A lake, alt,, 3,740; with no outlet, fed by the Truckee .Ri~er;'~30mi. long and 7 to 10 m wide;j8in southeastern Washoe C0unty;3~30mi. rom Reno over Nevada 33;38 and 16 mi. from Wadsworth over Nevada 34; 3gthe largest remaining remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan; 38 a desert lake of uusual beauty, discovered on January 10, 1844, while this region was still a part of Mexico, by John C. Fremont, then holding the rank of Captain in the TopogGfphicalEngineers Corps;21an is1 d in the lake, or huge rock, alt., 4,200; to the north of Anaho Island; 8 re- sembling the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt;21for which Fremont named the lake.21 Also, a station on the Southern Pacific branch line, on th northwest side of the lake;40 a mining district southwest of the lake: f6 discovered 1860.lS PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION: (r RENO: (6 city, pop 21,31-7; 31 alt,, 4,500; 43in western Washoe 31 County; 38 the ecunty seat ;21and largest center of population ' Nevada; on the Truckee River, at a point first called Lake's Cross ;"established by the Central Pacific Railroad officially on May 9, 1868;kfzow the Southeqrj Pacific'3 also on the Western Pacific ;46and Virginia and Truckee Railroads ; on US 40 and US 395;J8 1 corporated first in 1897; disincorporated in 1899; 23 reincorporated in 1903;23 again in 1905;23 with its charter many times amendeg? Named by officials of the Centrai Pacific Railroads who were personal friends of his, in honor of General Jesse Lee yno, a Union officer killed during the Civil War Battle cf South Nountain. 37 ROCKY: (rzk r) A peak, alt . , 6,700; in the Granite Range * #So named for rocky appearance, RUSSELL: (rusd/Y el) A eak, alt., c. 5,250;41 in the Truckee Range, south of Winnemucca Lake. 3s 20 SLIDE MOUNTAIN: (slyd) A eak, alt., 9,270; in the Sierra Nev Range, southeast of Mount Rose;4P 27 mi. south of Reno, west of US 39538 Named for huge slide showing on its southeast face. 36 40 SMOKE CREEK: (smzk) w uesert, or vast pla a, north of Pyramid Lake; formed by the evaporation of Lake Lahontan;$0 alt,, 3,830. 41 Chapter XVII Nashoe County -73- Y /* :o 41 SPANISH SPRING: (span ish) 1. valley north of Sparks, alt., 4,500; and a spring in the valley used in early days by Mexican squatters,!3 a peak east of the vqley;41 in a range of hills west of the Pah Rah Range;40 alto, 7,418; The spring was named ?ISpanisht1for the Mexicans and after Americans took up lan n the valley Alces Blm, named the valley and peak for the spring,$3 31 43 SPARKS: (spirks);: A town, pop,, 5,235; alt., 4,500k3 3 mi, east of on US 40; and the Southern Pacific ilailroad; a division point established in 1903 - 1904;21 when the ailroad shops were moved here from Wadsworth;21 incorporated in 1905.2T Named for John Sparks, Governor of Nevada from 1905 to 1909,25 J /J 36 41 SQUAW VALLEY; Igyd val i) A mountain valley, alt., 5,000; north- west of Gerlach, &d west of the Granite Range,41 opening into smoke Creek Desert. - 41 40 STATE LINE: (s6t lin) A peak, alt 8,010; on the Nevada-California line ;41 south of Honey Lake Valley,4i9Wamed for its geographical position. 36 38 STEAIBOAT SPRINGS: (stgm b2t) Hot mi ral springs along US 3 and the Virginia and Truekee Railr ;'f 11 mi. south of Reno; the north end of Steamboat Valleye8'The springs cover a hillside for about a mile, and consist f arallel fissures from whi h steam escapes as if from a stem engine;fP a post office, alt 4,594;" near the spring$! a mining district 1i mi, west of the springs;'''the hot springs were located in 1860 by Felix Monet;16 the mereury gd sulphur dsposit to the L west was diseovered by Thomas Wheeler in 1875. Named for clouds of steam ari sing from the ground, as if from a steam engine, 1 STEAMBOAT VALLEY: A small valley, extending to the northeast from Pleasant Valley, thr gh which Galena Creek runs to e north across the Truckee EIeadows;" along US 395 and the "V & Tn0% Named for the springs t 36 SURP SE VALLEY: (se"r prl~)~~A mountain valley, on the Nevada-California line?' south of "9 Canyon; latitude 41°30' north.lcl #So named because it was a pleasant surprise to emigrants after the arid land they had been traveling overo u/ SUTCLIFFEn (seb klif) a tradin post and resort on the west shore of Pyramid Lake; on Nevada 33.58 #So named for a settler here. 36 41 SWAN: (swcn) A lake, alt.pC15,857; in northern TzJashoe County, northeast of Massacre Lake, 36 1 78 TAHOE: (tx hz) A m ntain lake, alt. 6,229. maximum high; in the Sierra IJevada Range ;" in Nevada and California; 40 sometimes called "The Lake of the Sk n21 the north st portion of w ch is in south- west Washoe County; %!,over US 395i3' and Nevada 27;96 the MounkBse Road. Viewed by Fremont from a high peak, on February 14, 1844. Chapter XVII Washoe County -74- 40 TOHAKUM: (tg gA k&) A peak, alt. 8 174: in the Lake Range, between Pylaamid and Winnemucca lakes $0 TRUCKEE: (tr%k'g)36 A river, the tole outlet of Lake Tahoe; 40 flowing out of the lake on the west side; at alto 6,223;78 at the point where Tahoe City, California, is situated; it flows to the north, then to the east, thr ugh Truckee Canyon; 41 crosses the Nevada line 4 mi. west of vedi;3' continues a little nort ast, from ileno across the Truckee Headowstl- through Wadsworth Canyo & forming part of the boundary between Washoe and Storey Counti s;" to Wadsworth'khen turns to the n~rth;~landflows, in many urves;"across the sert, between high walls,then over a flat area;4f into Pyramid Lake;@ a length of 120 mi,;% and a drop of 2,483 ft.,in the 50 mi. air-line distance;J8 between the two lakes, Truckee FIeadows, a flat valley extending on both sides of the Truckee River, around Reno, to the head. of Wadsworth Canyon ;41east of SparksfG!m ; and south nearly to Steamboat Springs.'l Truckee Mountains, a range in southeast n Washoe County, running north and south, east of the Truckee River. 63: The river was named the Salmon-Trout by emont, in 1844, for the trout of extra- ordinary size found there;'3 renamed by a part of emigrants in 1848, in honor of an Indian guide. 25 'lTruckee,tl Indian friend of the whites, was the father of Chief Winnemucca of the Paiutes, and grand- father of Mrs Sarah Hopkins "Princess Winnemuccao u 40 TWO TIPS : t% tips)36 A peak, alto, 7,090 : in the T ckee Range, on the Washoe-Churchill county line, north of Fernley. Y V'EEUI: $@'di)- 36 A town, pop,, 400;31 at., 4,918;43 10 miles wgt of Reno ; n the Truckee River;& t e Southern Pacific Railroad; and US it was settled in 1868. k #So named by officials of the Central Pacific Railroad for the Italian composer of operas,Giuseppe Verdi. /?' VIRGI:I$~: (vTr jin 1 a) A r extending northwest from the Pah Rah Range; west of Pyramid Lake,Y-F a peak, alt. 8,340;37 in the Pah Rah Range VYA: (vi-/' ah) A town pop,, 49:31 at., j,4.60;27 in northwest 'vJa oe County, on Nevxla 34;18 just north of its junction with Nevada 8A. 9B Settled in 190 and named for Vya Wimer, the first white baby born in the valley. ?7 WADSWORTH: (widz'krt 36 A town, pop., 212; 31 at,,4,079; 40 in extreme eastern Washoe County;k' At the big bend in the Truckee River;lcl known in early d s as Lower Emigrant Crossing;'5 on Southern Pacific Railroad and US 4OO3' The tom was laid out in 1868 by the Central FacXic Railroad, on which it was a division point until the shops and round- house were moved to Sparks in 1904,*5 Named by railroad officials for Briga 'er General James So Wadsworth, noted Union officer in the Civil War 0 23 Ctapter XVII klashoe County -75- 37 WARM SPRINGS: (w6rm) 36 valley, west of the Pah Rah Range; between Sparks and Pyramid Lake, 97 #So naned for warm water springs in the valley. 41 'r!ASHOE: (&sh'z) A range along the southeast boundary of Washoe County;41 a valley between the Tilashoe range and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada; crossed by the "V and t" and US 395,the three flags Eigh~ay."3~A community at the foot of Washoe E'll, on the higiway, near Little Washoe Lake, site of former Xa~hoe~~ity;''alt,, 5,032;11 Big Washoe Lake in the a mining strict, also called Galena, southern end of the valley; 16 west of Washoe City, organized in 1860;Pg situated on Galena Creek. Named for the small tribe of Indians found in this part of Nevada. 36 WEST: (wgst) A lake In northern Washoe County, the farthest west of a group of three, including Fiddle and Nassacre Lakes. u / " 41 WINNEIKJCCA: (win na m& a) A lake, alto 3,771; now nearly dry, east of Pyramid Lake, paptly in Pershing County; 38 a wildlige, Refuge (see Pershing County.) A valley west of the Virginia Range, Named for Chief ~dinr.emucca. 40 40 YELLOW: ($1'3 k peak, alto, '7,645; in northern TIJashoe County. Named either for a hea yellow clay, or a rolling desert hill covered with wild sunflowers. 5y CHAPTER XVIII WHITE PINE COUNTY ALHANBRA HILL: (zl h>'bpk hy1)36 A peak at the southeast end of the Diamond Mountains. #So named for the Alhamra in Spain. ANTELOPE: (Zn'te' A range ear the Utah line, extending from Elk0 40 County into White Pine County; 39 and a valley east of the range. 28 BAKER: (S>k'g) A town, PO 68; on the eastern slope of Nount Wheeler in the Snake Range. 48' I 36 16 BALD MOUNTAIN: (bald m un tin) A peak, alt., 9,400; at the so th end of the Rub) Range; 1: and a mining district south of the peak. 18 #So named for bald appearance due to lack of vegetation. 36 BUTTE: (b'ut) A range, extending nortQOinto Elko County, from the west central part of White Pine County. 16 CHERRY CREEK: (ch'i."r'r k%k) 36 ~37;~~alt 6,000; A town1480p* in the northern part o the Egan Range; on Nevada 35;389and a mining district at the town;16 at the mouth of Cherry Creek Cany0n.l COPPER &AT: (kyp /e"p flzt)36A town, pop., 120;28 near Ruth;28 in the copper mining Yegion, and naricd for that reason. Chapter XVIII Vhite Pine County -76- -/* 36 DIAMOND: (di a mud)- A range, the summit of which fo s the boundary line between White Pine and Eureka counties; 3r and a peak near the north end of the range, alt., 10,624.39 (See Eureka County.) 36 DRY LAKES: (drT l-hz) A lake, fonnerly called Newark, east of the Diamond Range;39 3gd another, also called Goshute, on the Elko-White Pine county line; also a string of dry lakes along the eastern side of the Shell Creek Range.J9 J40 EAST ELY: (%st%'li) A town, pop. 791;~' northeast of Ely, on US 50. 40 EGAN:: (Z'ggn) A ange extending north and south through central White Pine County;" a mining district, also known as the Cherry Creek District, in th northern part of the range;l6 including the Gold Canyon 3istrict;P6 organized in 11363;16 Named for Howard R. Egan, A Pony Express rider, who first demonstrated that the central route across Mevaaa was the shortest route to the Carson Valley.l7 40 ELY: (5 '1336A town, pop., 4,140;" .P 6,432; in southwest central White Pine County;" in the Egan Range?' at he junction of US 93-50 and US 6;40 on the Xevada Northern first building on Ely townsite in 1885;21co ty seat since 1887;2i incorporated under the general act of 1907;2ya mining district atl&he site, organized in 1868;16 copper has been the principal ore produced, Named for John Ely, a partner of Wm. H. Raymond in the famous Pioche District, who loaned $5,000 to A. J, Underhill to purchase the land where Ely now stands.? .a .a /v GIBBONS: (gib unz) A valley between Egan yd White Pine ranges, and between the toms 01 Hamilton and Kimberly, 0 w lc GOSHUTE: (gos ubd A range in northeast White Pine County, east of Antelope Valley, extending into Elko County, 40 JlW 24 GRAFTON: (graf tun) A peak, alt., 10,964; in the Shell Creek Range.40 in southern White Pine County, just north of the Lincoln County line, 33 GRANITE: (gradit)u4% A peak, in the southern part of the Snaq6Range, in southeast White Pine Count 40 a mining district at Steptoe, on the east flank of the Egan Range.f& #So named for prevailing mineral, 4 4 36 3 40 HAMILTON: (ham il tun) A town,4gop., 33; alt. 7,977; in the White Pine R ge;" 36 mi. west of Ely; a mining district, also known as White Pine;"disc ered in 1865;16 Hamilton was the first county seat of White Pine County;2Y in 1885 a fire destroy d the county buildings, and the county seat was moved to El in 1887;'3 Hamilton was incorporated in 1869 and disincoporated in 18'75.'3 Named for I;?, A. Hamilton, who surveyed the townsite in May 1869.3 Chapter XVIII White Pine County HUESSER: (hu-4 ser)d A peak, in the Egax ilangei4' west of Mc Gill. 37 JAKES: ( jrkz) A valley, lying between th Egan Range on the east, and Butte and White Pine Ranges Qn tI-9 west;"& also shown on maps as White Pine, and White Sage Valley;4o the north end also called Butte Valley, 37 Named for the Jakes family, early settlers in Steptoe Val1ey.l KERN: (k&n) A short range extending west to east, north of the Sn e Range, on the Utah border;l6 a mining district, also known as Eagle,% discovered in 1859 b employees of the Overland Hail Co.I6 Tungsten was discovered in 1910.l' Named for Kern County, California. 1 d/b KIMBERLEY: (kim ber li)' A town, pop., 503;31 alt. 7,250;39 one of a group of mining camps in the rich copper district in the Egan Range, west of Ely. #So named for the Kimberley region in South Africa. 28 LANE CITY: A town on the Nevada Northern Railroad near Ely; POP., 1310~' Named for Charles B Lane a mining man, 7 LEHMAN CAVES: (le--/" men) A natural limestone phenomenon," on t eastern slope of Mt. Wheeler in the Snake %ge, 7 ni. west of'Baker;'8,, unusal78 scientific interest and importance, st extensively explored in 1881; a national monument, area 593.03 ggresi)B established by Presidential proclamation of January 24, 1922; surrounding the caves,& Dis- , eovered in 1878, and named fo~their discoverer.78 LIMESTONEhO (lL'st%i' A peak, in the White Pine Range, southeast of Hamilton. #So named for limestone predominant in this region. d/v?6 LINCOLN: (ling kun) A peak, in the Snake Range, southeast of Mount 16 ~heele~;3~and a mining district, also called Tungsten, the west slope. Silver ore was discovered in 1869 and tungsten in 1900. 3 36 37 LONG VALLEY: (l&g v%l'r) A Wley between Butte Mountains on the east and the Ruby Range on the west; extending north into Elko County.37 Named fcr its length, LUND: (l&d) A tcwn; pop., 2552 in southern White Pine County, 13 mi., off US 6, on Nevada 38. Settled in 1898, and named in honor C. Lund, one of the Presidency in control of the Mormon OfChur AnthgY eh . McGILL: (mii4b) A town, pop., 2,464;" in Steptoe Vdlley;37 11 mi. north of Ely; on the Nevada Northern Railroad;37 and US 50-93;40 site of the largest smelter in Nevada; copper ore is the chief ore smelted. Settled in 1906, and name; for William M, M Gill, a surveyor, miner, and stockman, who came west from Ohio in 1870. 'j T/' MORIAH: (mop- - a)' A peak, in the north section of the Snake Ran e unit of the Nevada National Forest, in eastern White Pine County; 4.8 Chapter XVIII 'Xhite Pine County -78- 6 not far from the Utah line. #So named by Normon settlers for the hila, in Palestine, on which Solomonis Temple was built. UIV 31 MUICY: (mun eS,) A town, township popoe 123; on the east sid of the Shell Creek Range i40 on a dirt ,road, 13 mi, south of Nevada 2;" and the Muncy Creek Mning District;A6 in the area, 26 40 hTEFdARK: [nc'$k> A valley east of the Diamond Range; estern White Pine County;Ic0and a large, d~ylake bed in the valle3' also a mining district on the east slope of the range,16 Discovered in 1866 by the GilsGn Brcthers;5' Stephen mu John Beard, and other prospectors from Austin .16 1"- 31 16 OSCEOLA: (5s pe o la)'36 A town, pop., 532; alto,6,820; a little south cf US 6i40 on the west flank of the Snake Range.' Gold dis- covered in i872:16 tungsten in 1916,16 #So named by Southerners for the Seminole Chief of that names PANCAKE: (p&/kzk)'6 A range in southwestern Whit Pine County, ex- tending from Nye County;37 50 th of Newark Valley 80 and Pancake Summit, alto,69517;38 in the range; 38 by US 50.3b (36 mi. west of Little Anteicpe Summit alt, '7::;;y38 on the highway.)j8 PARKER: (p;r'k??~-)~ A ranch, just west of Uvada, on a dirt road branch- ing off Nevada 2.j7 Named for Aiiosa Lo Parker, driver fot the Overland Mail Co also freighter, sheep man, and owner of a livery business in ~1y.q' w/v, u % 16 PATTERS N: (pat er sun]' A peak, aLt. 10,OOO~o in the Shell Creek Range;-'just1 north of the Lincoln County line; and nfgth of the Patterson mining district in northeast Lincoln County. (see Lincoln County for name. ) " /+ 39 PLEASANT VALLEY: (plez ant)36 A valley in the Kern Mountains; extend- ing tc the southeast across the Utah a mining district, also 7 known as Eagle, south of valley;- discovered in 1859 by employees of the Overland Mail Co. ; Tun sten was discovered in 1910;16 a stream which runs through the valley. 35 #So named for natural characteristics. PRESTON: (pres-/J A town and ranching community, pop., 183;40 on the White River;" on pvada 38, seven mi. southeast of US 6i40 in southern Vhite Pine County. Established by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Momon) in 1897, and naned for William Be Preston, Presiding Bishop. 63 RAILROAD VALLEY: ( rzl' rcd 136 A valleg , marsh, and mining district, principally in northeast Nye County; 3 also, a national wildlife refuge covering the $rea;" (see Nye County.) adjoining southwest part of White Pine County, In 1871 a franchise was granted for a narrow auge railroad through Elko, La.nder, Mye Vhite Pine and Lincoln counties; 28 surveying Chapter XVIII White Pine County -79- may have been done in this valley,56 or a na ural gravel bar resembling a railroad bed may have suggested the name. 5i RED MOUI\JTAIN: A peak in the White Pine Range, just north of the Nye County line,J9 #So named for the coloring of the hills. REIPETOWN: (rsp'toun) A tam, p0p.,~$23;~~alt., 7,000;28 settled in the 19OOgs, incorporated 1918-1919; one of the cluster of towns about Ely. Mamed for Richard A. Reipe, who came to Nevada in 1873, 21 living first at Pioche, then at Ely, where he was postmaster in 1887. RUBY: (r& bi" A range, extending south into White Pine County from Elko County;" and a lake east of the range;40 also partly in each county, 40 36 31 RUTH: (rsth) A town, pop.,G,921; alt., 7,000;39 on the Nevada Northern Ra'lroad west of Ely; in the important copper mining region around Elyi? t e copper pit at Ruth is one of the largest man-made holes on earth.b Named by D. C. McDonald, Owner of claims in this region for his daughter 58 wl c/) 28 SCHELLBOURNE: (she1 bern) A town, pop., ; on Schell Creek, on the west slope of the S hell Creek Range;lZoa mining district, part4o of the Aurum District;l' aid a pass through the range at this point. Named for Schell C~ek.5~ SCHELL CREEK: (shz kgk)36 A small stream on the west slop of the Shell Creek Range .33 Named for Major A J Schell, United States command- er in charp of a detachment of troops for protection of the over- land mail. 5% SHELL CREEK: kh%l)36 A range extending corth and south, east of the Egan Range, In eastern White Pine County; #So named because of many fossil clam shells found in the rangeo and limestone formation of range shows its composition of shells. SNAKE: (snzk) 36 A range sou of the Kern Mountains, along the east border pf White Pine County;' containing two units of the Nevada National Forest;"' a vall y east of the range on the Utah border;40 a small creek south of Baker;1% a mining district along the creek.16 SPRING VALLEY: (spryng val1" i)36 A valley extending north and south; 39 between the Shell Creek Range on the west and the Snake Range on the east.39 #So named for springs in the valley, STEPTOE: (stuep't;) A valley extending the length of White PinE C;unty from north to south, between the Egan Range o the west and the Shell Creek Range on the east;39 a pop. , 313:g1 alt., 5,470; on the east flank of the Egan Duck Creek, 8 mi. west of US 50-93,4' Chapter XVIII White Pine County -80- in the Granite Mining District;16 on the west side of the valley, The town and valley were settled in 1868.7 Named in honor of Colonel E. J. Ste toe,3 of the United States Army, a famous fighter of the Old West. 73 u /- 0 39 39 TELEGRAPH: (tel e graf )36 A peak, alt, , 9,698; in the Egan Range; north of Steptoe.39 #So named because heliograph signals were sent from the peak during the Civil War period. 36 TUNGSTEN: (t&g /Ysten) A mining district (see Lincoln, this county.?6 TUNGSTONIA: (tcng 'sth Y i) A mining district (see Pleasant Valley.]i6 28 WADR: (ii'va' A town, pop. 20; in Pleasant Valley, on the Nevada- Utah boundary$)A coined word for the two State names. 16 WARD: A mining district, alt., 8 025; 16 mi. south of Ely, on the east slope of the Egan Range;" discovered in 1872 by Thomas Ward0l6 SPRINGS: (wo^rm springz)d36 A community, pop., 55;28 northeast of Stept~e;~'5 mi. west of US 50-93.40 #So named for warm springs in the region. 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