f u r y ! ” 0 3 : 7 P r i n ted at F A R N S W ORT H SU P T mCE OE . ST ATE P RI NTI NG O J , C AR SON C IT Y NE V AD A CONTENTS P AGE ’ EDITOR S FOREWORD L ACC om the ono AND OF OMPLISHMENT . Fr T pah Times HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES OF DAY Mr F n N . Haz ett AD s . an G. TON , EV A y l i : M C C G D c s A . POEM FOR THAT U K ALLED OL . Fran Riordan T T C R ob l o er L . u t HE RU KEE IVER . R t F n : T T T T L i M D o . POEM HE RAIL ONOPAH yd a . ’ O Neil A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE MUSICAL HISTORY OF R N Gertrude Streeter V o oma WESTE N EVADA . r n ’ M N o mo us POEM : ORNI ON THE DESERT . An ny T L Gr ce Dan ber HE WASHO ANGUAGE . a g g i berta THE LAKE OF THE DEEP BLUE WATERS . G l Turner L achtell A R W. POEM : BEYOND THE MA GOSA . B MEMORIAL PAPERS A R R NKE , PETE C R E W R ERN BINGHAM , HA LES D A D , AND EST LAFAYETTE R R B OUGHE , WILSON D. C B . AMP ELL , DR J C A E . HENEY, JUDGE . C C R C H R HUR H , FLO EN E UMPH EY C . H DAVIS , APT ERMAN G R H P R . IFFO D , A RY W. G A B. R HAM , G W E N RIS OLD, UGE E HE SHI E R S R A E . R, D . K A W. EDDIE , L E WE RS R B R , O E T M C P H UL AHY , . C C MR A . RAN PEA O K , S DALINE B DON S . O . ESSIONS , J B . P . WOOD URY, J LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS G. Z MRS . FANNY HA LETT IN AEROPLANE (Po rtrait ) SMITH MAP OF FREMONT ROUTE IN CARSON VALL E Y MAP OF CARSO N VALLEY OL D VIRGINIA AND HIS ROCKER THE PRINCESS SARAH WINNEMUCCA (Po rtrait ) GOLD CANYON GOLD HILL JOHN DAY (Portrait ) SINK OF THE CARSON AND HUMBOLDT MAP OF ORIGINAL NINE COUNTIES OF NEVADA ROCK POINT MILL . ROCK POINT DAM TEN TON TAILINGS WAGON IN FRONT DAYTON COURT HOUSE BOLIVAR ROBERTS TOLL BRIDGE A 1 862 D YTON , CA N C 1 862 R SO ITY , NUM AGA STAGE COACH ortrait C . Z . H P DR . J A LETT ( ) o rtrait BISHOP O . W. WHITAKER (P ) RUINS OF FORT CHURCHIL L GRIDLE Y SACK OF FLOUR WOOD FLUME DREDGER ON CARSON RIVER HEADGATE OF EUREKA DAM IN FLOOD OF 1 907 WRE CKAGE OF FL OOD OF 1 907 “ ” IL 1 907 Go DEV , FLOOD OF DAYTON IN 1 909 H Z H R V W W IN G A LETT OME , EAR IE , ITH SET OF ERTRUDE HAZ LETT RANDALL TRUCKEE RIVER LAKE TAHOE M G S VR P rtrai RS . ERTRUDE TREETER OOMAN ( o t ) MAGUIRE OPERA HOUSE BELL THE FINLAYSON SISTERS VI L is t of Illus trations R . H . MCG MAN M C INLEY, THE OF ANY FA ES MCGINLEY COMEDY COMPANY HOSKIN ’ S JUVENILE BAND RICHARD JOSE (Portrait ) A IN N C A o r e A WASHOE DIA EREMONI L BASKET (C u t s y Mr . Cohn ) LAKE TAHOE DEATH VALLEY MEMORIAL PORTRAITS OF A R NKER, PETE W N C E ER L T . BI GHAM , HARLES D ARD, AND NEST AFAYET E R R S B OUGHE , WIL ON D. C B . AMP ELL, DR J C N A . E . HE EY , JUDGE C C C H HUR H , FLOREN E UMPHREY C H R A . N D VIS , APT E MA G H RR P IFFORD , A Y GRA W B HAM , G W E RIS OLD , UGENE K W. A . EDDIE , L E WE RS R B R , O E T M C P H UL AHY , . C C M A R RS. N N PEA O K , DALI E B ANDO S . O ESSIONS , J P . B . WOOD URY , J E DITOR ’ S FO RE WOR D With one or two mino r exceptions the papers and poems which compose this volume have not hitherto been given to the reading public . They have been culled from that wealth of unpublished material deposited in the archives of o S h the Nevada Hist rical ociety . If t is volume shall add ' so mething to the knowledge of Nevada s history and to an appreciation of her pioneer life , and if it shall stimulate rese arches in still o ther topics of the records o f our C om! mo nwealth its purpose will have been served . Grateful acknowledgment is made to all o f those who o and ha ve assisted in the eff rt to clear up disputed points , o r o . F . o o especially to u Curat r, Mr C Cutts , with ut wh se n un tiring thoughtfu l assistance this work , undertake in the md o f the o n i o i st University year, w uld have bee mp ssible o Fa s o on o t . m o f a ccomplishment . Rec gniti is als due Mr w o w o rth , State P rinter , h accepted and carefully printed the manuscript in the clo sing hurried days Of the biennium . JEANNE E L IZ ABETH WIER , Secretary o f the Nevada Histo rical Society . I922 D e c ember , . We are no t responsible fo r personal o pinions expressed o in these papers . We print n thing which we have reason to believe inco rrect ; but one purpose in the publication is to o o o o ar use criticism and discussi n , and thereby t gainm re o o o o inf rmati n n these t pics . LAND OF ACCOMPLISHMENT An Apprecia tio n a nd an Idea l To Be Rea lized a h land wh e d eams com ue ! Nevad , t e er r e tr a h io i a u al sou c s The riches t St te in t e Un n n n t r re r e . The Sta te tha t f urnished the silver and gold tha t won the Civil War and made us the grea tes t Na tion h vada h la d o omance and a ve on eart . Ne t e n r d n , f tu e ! vada the land o un i ten s tori s ha t r Ne , f wr t e t far surpass the mos t wonderf ul tales of fiction! v S h The State that ga e an Francisco its wea lt . The Sta te where M ark Twain got his inspira tion ha ad h amous The Sta t tha t roduces t t m e imf . e p w l as nai s he ta t whose en men as e l millio re . T S e m are noted f or their courage and its women f or hei beaut h Sta e wh e uth revails and t r y . T e t er tr p t va a he a l hides a a t i i s . d t ie like r n hole Ne , land where men do more than seek the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow— they find it and p ossess its treasures ! Nevada the last bit o the Grea t , f ’ “ " Fa r Wes t! Tis here where the Wes t begins ' and ends . evada o s bes a d rea tes t o m! N , G d t n g p e — T TO OP T S HE N AH I ME . HISTOR ICA L SKE TCH A ND R E MINISCE NCES DA Y TO N NEVA DA A E S NNY . TT M R . F G HAZL A ND HER DAU GHTER GE R TRUD HA L TT NDA L eceased E Z E RA L , D With Illustrations H z e i n A ero an M rs . F anny G . a l tt pl e FO R EWO R D . H o . So Mrs . Fannie C azlett is a real pi neer me years ago she was minded to compile a brief histo ry o f the place where nearly all o f her lif e has been spent . With her ' daughter s assistance she prepared this manuscript which now the N H o , edited by Secretary o f the evada ist rical So o was o . He o ciety , appears in this f rm r last w rk up n it o I9 I0 o d ne in . Many changes have occurred in Dayt n o o since that time . In s me instances these have been chr ui oo o s o cled in the f tn te , all f which latter have been added o by the Edit r . T o o who o H s so f u th se kn w Mrs . azlett , till youth l and o s o f - o no pr gressive in pirit at the age eighty f ur , it was mat ter o f surprise when the news was recently flashed acro ss the o How co ntinent that she had taken a ride in an aer plane .