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Fish Lake Valley

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

Esmeralda County, Nevada

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