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The Never Sweat Hills<ref>[ | The Never Sweat Hills<ref>[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/842437 GNIS]</ref> are located south of [[Sand Pass]]. | ||
The location was named in 1965<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/79015528/ Nevada State Journal], November 27, 1965</ref> to commemorate the fact that the Honey Lake area was known as the "Land of the Never Sweats"<ref>Daily Alta California, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18850720.2.10 The New Northeast], Volume 39, Number 12911, 20 July 1885.</ref> because emigrants were able to easilty fatten oxen and then trade them with emigrants for trail-weary oxen at the rate of one fattened ox for two trail-weary oxen.<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=933701 Bureau of Geographic Names Case Brief for Never Sweat Hills]</ref> | The location was named in 1965<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/79015528/ Nevada State Journal], November 27, 1965</ref> to commemorate the fact that the Honey Lake area was known as the "Land of the Never Sweats"<ref>Daily Alta California, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18850720.2.10 The New Northeast], Volume 39, Number 12911, 20 July 1885.</ref> because emigrants were able to easilty fatten oxen and then trade them with emigrants for trail-weary oxen at the rate of one fattened ox for two trail-weary oxen.<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=933701 Bureau of Geographic Names Case Brief for Never Sweat Hills]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:33, 28 December 2021
The Never Sweat Hills[1] are located south of Sand Pass.
The location was named in 1965[2] to commemorate the fact that the Honey Lake area was known as the "Land of the Never Sweats"[3] because emigrants were able to easilty fatten oxen and then trade them with emigrants for trail-weary oxen at the rate of one fattened ox for two trail-weary oxen.[4]
References
- ↑ GNIS
- ↑ Nevada State Journal, November 27, 1965
- ↑ Daily Alta California, The New Northeast, Volume 39, Number 12911, 20 July 1885.
- ↑ Bureau of Geographic Names Case Brief for Never Sweat Hills