Franktown Nevada
Franktown Nevada Overview
In 1855, Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory, founded Franktown.
The town was surrounded by farms. It also had a sawmill that furnished timber to the Comstock mines and a sixty-stamp quartz mill that crushed ore.
The town declined in importance after the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869.
Category
- Lumber
- Mining
- Ranching/Farming
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Franktown Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #114.
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County
GPS Coordinates
39.271401, -119.840790
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory, founded Franktown in the Wassau (Washoe) Valley in 1855.
A sawmill became an important enterprise in furnishing timber to the Comstock mines after 1859. The Dall Mill, a quartz mill of sixty stamps, employed hundreds of workers. Fertile farms surrounded the town.
With the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869, the milling business rapidly lost its importance and the once prosperous town declined.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO. 114
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
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