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Lyon County Nevada Exploration Guide

Lyon County Nevada

Lyon County was created on November 25, 1861, and was named in honor of General Nathaniel Lyon.

Ghost Towns in Lyon County, Nevada

  1. Artesia
  2. Buckland Station
  3. Cambridge
  4. Clifton
  5. Clinton
  6. Colony (Simpson)
  7. Como 
  8. Conway State Station
  9. Dayton
  10. Desert Station
  11. Desert Well Station
  12. Elbow
  13. Fort Churchill
  14. Hawes Station
  15. Hinds’ Hot Springs
  16. Honey Lake Smiths Station
  17. Hudson
  18. Johntown 
  19. Ludwig
  20. Mason
  21. Mound House
  22. Nordyke
  23. Palmyra
  24. Pine Grove
  25. Pony Meadows
  26. Ramsey
  27. Reed
  28. Reed’s Station
  29. Rockland
  30. Rock Point Mill
  31. Rockland
  32. Silver City
  33. Sonoma
  34. Stockton Well
  35. Summit Station
  36. Sutro
  37. Sutro Tunnel
  38. Sweetwater
  39. Talapoosa
  40. Thompson
  41. Thompson Smelter
  42. Wabuska
  43. Walker River Station
  44. Wellington
  45. Wiley’s Station
  46. Williams Station

Historical Points of Interest in Lyon County Nevada

Nevada Historical Markers in Lyon County Nevada

Lyon County is home to eighteen Nevada Historical Markers.

  1. #7 Dayton
  2. #61 Mound House
  3. #74 Wellington
  4. #85 Sutro
  5. #113 Wabuska
  6. #127 Courthouse Site (1865-1907)
  7. #163 Dayton Chinatown
  8. #177 Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station)
  9. 186 Union Hotel and Post Office
  10. #192 Buckland’s Station (On the California Emigrant Trail)
  11. #199 Camels in Dayton
  12. #200 Hall’s Station
  13. #223 Devil’s Gate
  14. #233 Dayton Cemetery
  15. #255 Wilson Canyon
  16. #257 Nevada’s First Gold Discovery
  17. #262 Dayton School House – 1865
  18. #264 Silver City Schoolhouse

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