Fish Lake Valley, Nevada

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Fish Lake Valley was located in the U.S. state of Nevada and was originally settled when the Palmetto Mining District was discovered.

[edit] History

In 1866 the Palmetto Mining District in Esmeralda County was discovered and settlement at Fish Lake Valley began. During the 1870s two companies, Griffing & Nyman's and Pacific Borax Works were extracting borax at Fish Lake. The Carson and Columbus Stage Line ran north from Fish Lake Valley to Aurora and Carson City, also making connections with Logsprings in the Sylvania Mining District as well as Lida. Local ranches supplied food to the freight industry and mining communities such as Fish Lake Valley. A post office opened in Fish Lake Valley in 1881. Today a historical marker near the site commemorates the life of W.O. Harrell, known as "Harrell, the Irrepressible, Citizen Extraordinaire of Fish Lake Valley in the 1870s.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fish Lake Valley, Nevada Division of Water Planning, Nevada Historical Markers Index.


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