Fish Lake Valley
Fish Lake Valley Overview
The valley was settled when the Palmetto Silver Mining District was discovered in 1866.
In the 1870’s companies mined for borax.
Several local ranches supplied food to the freight industry and mining communities.
This marker commemorates W.O. Harrell, known as “Harrell, the irrepressible,” who lived here in the 1870s.
Category
- Mining
- Person
- Ranching/Farming
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Fish Lake Valley is Nevada Historical Marker #133.
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County
GPS Coordinates
37.693977, -118.090260
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
This valley was settled when the palmetto mining district was discovered in 1866. In the 1870’s the Griffing & Wyman’s, as well as the Pacific Borax Works, were extracting borax at Fish Lake.
The Carson and Columbus stage line ran northward to aurora and Carson City, making connections with log springs in the Sylvania district and Lida. Several local ranches supplied food to the freight industry and mining communities
A post office was opened at Fish Lake Valley in 1881.
This marker commemorates the life and times of W.O. Harrell, known as “Harrell, the irrepressible,” citizen extraordinaire of fish lake valley in the 1870’s
STATE HISTORIC MARKER No. 133
NEVADA STATE PARKS SYSTEM
DORCAS WOMEN’S CLUB
References Used
Fish Lake Valley