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Spooner Area (Logging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895)

Spooner Area

Spooner Area Overview

This area bears the name of Michele E. Spooner, a French Canadian entrepreneur, who, along with others, was instrumental in establishing the wood and lumber industry which supplied the needs of the Comstock mines and mills.

Category

  • Lumber
  • Mining
  • Person

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Spooner Area is Nevada Historical Marker #225.

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County

Douglas County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

39.106219, -119.918022

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

This area bears the name of Michele E. Spooner, a French Canadian entrepreneur, who, along with others, was instrumental in establishing the wood and lumber industry which supplied the needs of the Comstock mines and mills.

In 1868 Spooner became a partner with Oliver and John Lonkey, the Elliot brothers, Henry M. Yerington, William Fairburn and Simon Dubois in the Summit Fluming Company and operated a shingle mill and sawmill.  In 1870 Yerington, Bliss & Company took over the summit fluming company.

In 1873 another sawmill was erected at Spooner Meadows.  Later in 1873, all the mills were taken over by the Carson & Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company. This company, headquartered at Glenbrook, went on to become the largest of the three huge companies supplying wood and lumber to the Comstock.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 225

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

DIVISION OF STATE PARKS

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