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Franktown Nevada

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

Washoe County, Nevada

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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