Fprm 10-847 (Sept. 1987) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS 1. STATE 2. THEME{S). IF ARCHEOLOGICAl, SITE. WRITE "ARCH" BEFORE THEME NO. XX Architecture, If Transportation and Cosasuncation, 3. NAMECS) OF SITE X? Military & Affaire 4, APPROX. ACREAGE Port 10 acres 5. EXACT LOCATION (County, township, roads, etc. If difficult to find, sketch en Supplementary Sheet) White gja> County, end of Ruby Valley 6. NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRESENT OWNER (Also administrator if different from owner} Mr* JU KM 7. I IMPORTANCE AND DESCRIPTION (Describe briefly what makes site important and what remains art extant) The are the earliest satiating and finest surviving examples of pioneer log construction in Nevada* , waa established in the wilderness of MUritani Nevada to protect the tsail coaches of the Central Overland Mail. Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Volunteers began erecting the log structure of the poet in The one-story cabins vere of palisade construction, that is, the valla were formed by placing the logs in 101 upright position ana the interior WBB excavated to place the floor belov ground level. Wooden shakes vere used to cover the roofs. One of these buildings, now used as a tool ' shed, still stands ill excellent condition, and Is only slightly altered. Close by is another very old log built in the more typical method, vith tike logs and placed in horizontal position one above the other. Ofcis one-story structure is also and is in excellent condition.1

site- IMS « sift *U«£bl« for lagiitertt Hietoric Landiaark status XV, IJrmnsportation and dotaraunication.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES «?fe« best sources; give location of manuscripts and rare works) Angel 'r ef > 3,06, iu

9. REPORTS AND STUDIES (Mention best reports and studies, as, NFS study, JIAB8, etc.)

12. PRESENT USE (Museum, farm, etc.) 13. DATE OF VISIT 10. PHOTOGRAPHS' l ATTACHED: Ho fl 14. NAME OF RECORDERJS&«a*«r«) 15. TITLE 16. DATE

DRY MOUNT ON AN 8 x 10)4 SHEET OF FAIRLY HEAVY PAPER. IDENTIFY BY VIEW AND NAME OF THE SITE, DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH. AND NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER. GIVE LOCATION OF NEGATIVE. IF ATTACHED. ENCLOSE IN PROPER NEGATIVE ENVELOPES. (IF ADDITIONAL SPACE IS NEEDED USE SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET, 10-317a, AND REFER TO ITEM NUMBER) Form 10-317a (Sept. 1987) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET This sheet is to be used for giving additional information or comments, for more space for any item on the regular form, and for recording pertinent data from future studies, visitations, etc. Be brief, but use as many Supplement Sheets as necessary. When items are continued they should be listed, if possible, in numerical order of the items. All information given should be headed by the item number, its name, and the word (cont'd), as, 6. Description and Importance (cont'd) . . .

STATE

7. ftfortatt* and Be*cription (c0n**d)i lt§ «uece**ful faming operation* through 1869 and succeeded In supplying * large portion of th* re^joire»wit* of tit* Overland Stage Co* Hurt (or Casp) Buby IB nov located on the Fort Jfofry Baneh, nhioh i* "3I«a of Creei, or li alias south «f the Barri*on Pa** *Vfcr the fiuby Mountain** fl» original structures if the old post *tiil stand on the ranah. t-wo one***tory log buildings are the Poet Office and cabin or resi&aroe, and situated adjacent to the aE»re a»dern maA *trueture«, Betli building* are in eattellent coaditioa. *ite tf tbe Owrlaad Stage a&d Pony litres* *tation is located about three adle* eaot of tfee ?ort Buby Banch and buildiag *it« and ha* been zaartotd by tae 0. S. JTore*t fierriee, w»re rwwved by eitlaenB of EOko froa tM* site in 1960 and re*ereeted in «xeir tow a* a Poay Kxpre** Station a* |>art of tb« centennial observance*. fii* site of the Overland Stage Banch is located aHproadLiaately 23*6 otle* nortlx of the Fort JRufcy Ranolx^ or 5»6 aile* north of ijarrison Fa*s. ftert are no apparent reaains of the oxlgiaal jfnuli ej^j t^e ft^te i* not The Overland 9ta«e aatsd laq^reft* Bovcte, eoainfi from Igan Canyon, enter* Buby Valley at tit* *otithea«t coroer » erosaes the southern end, and leave* the valley at the »outh***t corner, via the foot high Overland Paa*. ^m original trail then oox^inue* nwrtiiard, roughly par>11ji»llT>g 9JI* Hifl^nay 50* *cro*s utterly wild and vary sparwOy Inhabltatefl country for a»gr»xiH*>t«ly 156 oilea, until it join* U.S. ft Jn*| neat of laatgate, Mevada. This section of Hit route, i&ish In pMHMMa only on horseback or Jeep, i* al*o very itfttiHiifliiLtH o^T Itr* Beurl QKiy^m of HenO|i Beva4a»idio sui^Krvised. the TaaTfrlTiijS iC the Boaay BSD*

It thu* appear* that there I* today a Iff alle section &£ original Pony Kbq^re** and Over­ land $tage fivute (from Sgan Canyen to Saftgate) in Sevada that i* vertually and a* 1*1,1^ mn4 bea&tiftil as it mil 8. Bibliographical Inferences (cont»d): Bayaond V, Settle and Mary L, Settle, Saddles and Spur*, A* ft*w JfcBMii JM* (aarrisburg, Pa., 1955 h Boy i* Blo»s, Pony JHuslEttcm, || WJLliam 1* Gtoetwaan, Ara

|>, 8. GOVERNMENT PRINT1MS OPTICS 19—74020-1 WASHXI«GTCS5 25, D, « the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings

Fort Ruby,

Port Ruby9 a military post established during the Civil to protect the stage sad telegraph facilities from Indian attaek»» was built la Ruby Valley in the fail of 1362, fcuby Valley, from 1859 to 1869, ««s am Important station on the and Central Overland Stage line aad a relay station on the first trams* continental telegraph ll«te« toby falley was alto the site of the overland stag* ranch from 1865 to 1869 <, Ttee rancli was established to supply the stage line with grain and provisions» luby Valley Is about 70 miles long mid about 16 wide fit* first finite settler, William Rogers, an assistant Indian agent, arrived In the valley In 1859, building a cable near the southern end* Bis house beeaae a stage station on the central overland will routa and a Bony Expre none station* In 1861 a telegraph station on the first transeonti* nental. telegraph line was built, fort tuby was built about 3 mi las ast of the stage station, troops from Fort laby *sre Involved la the Goslute War of 1863 > fort Ruby i^® occupied until 1869 wfe«sa the transcontinental stage operations cease to an end. Fort Cor Camp) Rubys located on the Port Euby laoch i miles south of Cave Creek, consists of two original otruetares of the old post, these two 1-story log buildings are the Post Office and cabin or residence, situated adjacent to modem ranch structures, both buildings are In excellent condition TChe site of ths overland stage and tony Express station, about 3 miles eatt of the fort Ruby lancht has been marked by the United State® forest Sewice of the Department of Agriculture* The site of the overland stage ranch, about 34 miles north of the Fort itthy ranch, holds no apparent original remains and Is not marked„ Th© overland stage and Fony Express route entering Ruby Valley at the southeast corner crosses the southern end of the Valley and leaves It at tna 8outJ*w«8t corner where It continues westward paralleling V. S« Highway SO for approximately 156 miles• Located la White fine County, levada, about 71 mile® southeast of Elko, fort tnhy Is privately o«a$d«

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