Parker Ranch
The Parker Ranch on the west side of the Smoke Creek Desert near Wall Spring.
Resources
- GNIS
- Variant: Sam Parker Ranch. Citation: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps other than 1:100,000-scale and 1:126,720-scale (1/2 inch = 1 mile). The name and year of publication follow (if known): Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996 Salt Marsh/1971
- Note that "Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996" is probably a typo. http://www.blm.gov/or/pubroom/files/Oregon_Recreation_Map_Index.pdf indicates that a map with the same name covers northwestern Oregon.
- 40.6729569N -119.6082505 W
- Variant: Sam Parker Ranch. Citation: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps other than 1:100,000-scale and 1:126,720-scale (1/2 inch = 1 mile). The name and year of publication follow (if known): Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996 Salt Marsh/1971
- 1925 Washoe County Directory lists
- Parker, Fred W.
- Parker, Samuel F.
- Parker, William
- Parker, W. Dewey
- Washoe County, Nevada 1936 Tax List Page 016 for [Deep Hole] and includes:
- Parker, W. D. & S. F. Real Estate: $1,110, Personal: $90
- Michael S. Moore's description of purchasing the Parker Ranch from John Casey and the cleanup and improvements made.
- Joyce M. Cox, "Washoe County," p. 16. Photo of Eddie Buffard?, Dewey Northrup, Charley Fuller, Saloonkeeper?, Dewey Parker, Dick Finley. Nevada Historical Society WA06754
- "Brush Fire Burns in Empire Area," Nevada State Journal, July 30, 1954. Fire near Parker Ranch burns 40 acres. Reported by Deputy Cisco Ashenbrenner at Gerlach.