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Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot

Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot

Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot Overview

This is the first railroad building to be constructed in Hawthorne.

It is the remnant of the narrow-gauge Carson and Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House, near Virginia City in 1881.

In later years, this building served as a general store, a bar and restaurant with a bingo parlor, and a banquet hall, until acquired by the Hawthorne Elks Lodge in 1946.

Category

Railroad

Marker Type

On building

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot is Nevada Historical Marker #237.

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County

Mineral County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

38.524330, -118.623862

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

This is the first railroad building to be constructed in Hawthorne. It is the remnant of the narrow-gauge Carson and Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House, near Virginia City in 1881.  Railroad officials laid out the town in the desert and the first lots were auctioned off on April 14, 1881.  The line was subsequently extended into Owens Valley, California, with rail service to Hawthorne coming to an end when the town was bypassed in 1905.  In later years, this building served as the general store of J. E. Adams and Senator John H. Miller, a bar and restaurant with a bingo parlor, and a banquet hall, until acquired by the Hawthorne Elks Lodge in 1946.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 237

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

HAWTHORNE LODGE NO. 1704

BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF THE ELKS

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