The Railroad Era Walker Lk, NV 0 "In 1859, the Nevada mining boom brought settlers to the Walker River Basin. By 1890, the first diversion ditch on the Walker River was constructed. In 1919, the state formed an irrigation district and within the next five years, two reservoirs were built to store and distribute Walker River water, irrigating 93,600 acres of land. The dams and reservoirs effectively ended spawning runs for native Lahontan cutthroat trout."


Source:www.walkerlake.org]]> #style_poi -118.754173,38.648331,0 Hawthorne, NV 0 "Native Americans inhabited the Walker River Basin, including the area around Hawthorne, more than 11,000 years ago. Then in the late mid-1800s, the Comstock Lode discovery brought many settlers to the Walker River area.
In 1880 H.M. Yerington, the president of the Carson and Colorado Railroad Co., selected Hawthorne as a townsite. In 1883 Hawthorne, was named the Esmeralda County seat. The town later lost that distinction, but in 1911 became the county seat for Mineral County."


Source:www.walkerlake.org]]> #style_poi -118.624603,38.524445,0 Keeler 0 The Carson-Colorado railroad was built to reach Keeler and connect the silver fr The Carson-Colorado railroad was built to reach Keeler and connect the silver from mining town Cerro Gordo.

]]> #style_poi -117.870628,36.489094,0 Saline Valley 0 In 1911, a saline mining operation was opening using the world’s steepest tramw In 1911, a saline mining operation was opening using the world's steepest tramway.

]]> #style_poi -117.636147,36.397388,0 Virginia City 0 Virginia City, Nevada sits on the Comstock Lode - one of the world's largest ore Virginia City, Nevada sits on the Comstock Lode - one of the world's largest ore bodies - between Carson City and Reno, Nevada.

]]> #style_poi -119.649933,39.309605,0 Laws Railway Museum 0 Railway museum featuring “The Slim Princess”. Railway museum featuring The Slim Princess

]]> #style_poi -118.395317,37.367413,0 Carson City, NV 0 Carson City was founded in the boom days of mining and the home of the Carson-Co Carson City was founded in the boom days of mining and the home of the Carson-Colorado railway.

]]> #style_poi -119.751884,39.150135,0 Big Pine, CA 0 Big Pine (formerly, Bigpine)is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3990 feet (1216 m). The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census. The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation operates their tribal headquarters from here.


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