Trego

One of many hot springs modified by heavy machinery which line the edges of the Black Rock desert the Trego Trench, as it is commonly known, has wild variations in temperature, with little consistency.

It is on public land part of the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, right next to the railroad right of way and crossing.

Crossing the playa at Trego can present a hazard as it is hard to see oncoming train traffic.

Camping is at permitted at designated sites. Fire rings are provided.

c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Trego

See Also

• Old Razorback Mountain
• Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs

External Resources

• GNIS, Trego
  • Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
  • Variant: Trego Siding. Citation: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. 'Thermal Waters of Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. p60
• GNIS, Trego Hot Springs
  • Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
  • Variant: Butte Hot Spring. Citation: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. 'Thermal Waters of Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. p60
    • The 1881 Gibbs map of California and Nevada indicates that "Boiling Butte" might be another name for Old Razorback Mountain.
  • Butte Spring. Citation: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. 'Thermal Waters of Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. p126
  • Kyles Hot Springs. Citation: Sacramento Daily Union Newspaper, August 26, 1864. Letters from Nevada Territory (by G.K.G.)
    • Note that there is modern day Kyle Hot Spring near Unionville.
  • Trego Hot Spring. Citation: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. 'Thermal Waters of Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. p60
• Helen S. Carlson, Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 234. The entry for Trego says that Trego is at the foot of Mount Trego. Carlson cites:
  • Trego, Robert, "Black Rock Desert Roads," Nevada State Journal, October 23, 1955, p10-11. Low resolution image of Trego Station, Robert Trego states that there were two houses in 1955. Also mentioned are Sulphur and Jungo.
• "Prehistory and history of the Winnemucca District" 26Pell8 is a major occupation site discovered near Trego in 1971 by the Nevada State Museum while surveying along an 86 mile proposed Bell Telephone underground cable. 26Pell8 was excevated in 1972 by James Tony.
• nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal Trego Hot Springs
• google map
• yahoo map
• terraserver
• Nobles Trail (Emigrant Trails West) "Trego Springs - Marker N-4"
• Map of the Western Division of the Fort Kearney South Pass and Honey Lake Road," 1857. Map that shows the location of Trego as "Hot Spr"

Origin of Trego

Trego is named after the Western Pacific Railroad siding. But who was Trego?

• A Photo Tour to California Via the Nobles Trail "Trego Hot Springs", "It was night when I saw the springs and therefore could not have a good view of them although I had the sense of feeling and the water one could keep warm [in] comfortably especially if he should be fortunate enough to tumble into the seething cauldron for I could compare it to nothing else..." -- "Mary C. Fish, 1860"
• Nevada Outdoor School, "Trego Hot Springs." While the Nobles Trail was being improved, Trego Hot Springs was discovered. This source says that the springs were once called "Hot Sulphur Springs."
  • Devere Helfrich, "Emigrant Trails West: A Guide to Trail Markers Placed by Trails West, Inc. Along the California, Applegate, Lassen, and Nobles' Emigrant Trails in Idaho, Nevada, and California," Arrival at "Hot Sulphur Springs." Description of Trego marker. Description of Frederick W. Lander's improvements.
• BLM, "Emigrant Trails In the Black Rock Desert, Technical Report No. 6," "In 1856, the Nobles' Trail was shortened by the discovery of the Hot Springs at Trego."
• Henry Varnum Poor, "Poor's Manual of Railroads, Volume 53," a transaction involving WPRR: "Albert Trego, Real Estate Agent."
• Dave Basso, "Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past," 1970. "Named for a nearby peak". Presumably Old Razorback Mountain, see that page for links about Mount Trego.

Images

• Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection, Volume 94: Western Pacific Railroad -- Stations and Scenes -- Sacramento Northern :169 Trego station. Western Pacific Railroad. (Description only)
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