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Big Canyon (Locale) was a stop on the [[Fernley and Lassen Railway]] between [[Pyramid]] and [[Zenobia]].<ref>"[https://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/Traveler_Info/Maps/washoecounty1937_001.pdf County Base Map Series, Nevada Department of Transportation, historic (1930's). WA1/1937]"</ref>
The mouth of Big Canyon is 13 miles north of [[Sutcliffe]].<ref name="wheeler">Sessions S. Wheeler, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=_YhOieXXzqoC&lpg=PA78&ots=6MeDBEdOQT&dq=big%20canyon%2C%20sutcliffe&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q=big%20canyon,%20sutcliffe&f=false The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake]," p. 78.</ref>
The mouth of Big Canyon is 13 miles north of [[Sutcliffe]].<ref name="wheeler">Sessions S. Wheeler, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=_YhOieXXzqoC&lpg=PA78&ots=6MeDBEdOQT&dq=big%20canyon%2C%20sutcliffe&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q=big%20canyon,%20sutcliffe&f=false The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake]," p. 78.</ref>


In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon.  Later the location became known as [[Pyramid]].<ref name="wheeler"/>
In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon.  Later the location became known as [[Pyramid]].<ref name="wheeler"/>


==Big Canyon Ranch==
[[Big Canyon Ranch]] is located west of Big Canyon (Locale).
Basil Woon stated that at one time, Big Canyon Ranch was owned by an Englishman who thought the Nazis were going to take over the world.<ref name="woon"/>
 
At one time, the Big Canyon Ranch was owned by cattleman Hiram West, who married a daughter of P. T. Barnum.<ref name="woon"/> Hiram West is buried on Tule Mountain.
<ref name="woon2">Basil Woon, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1955/04-03/page-8?tag=hi+west%20barnum%20nevada%20daughter&rtserp=tags/barnum-nevada-daughter?psi=63&pci=7&pf=hi&pl=west 'Hot Rock' Prospectors of Today follow 95-Year-Old Trails in Northern Nevada]," March 3, 1955, Nevada State Journal, p. 8, 10.</ref>
 
In 1950, Harry Richman bought the Big Canyon Ranch. <ref name="woon">Basil Woon, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1954/07-18/page-7?tag=big+canyon&rtserp=tags/?psi=63&pci=7&pep=big-canyon Harry Richman Plans to Climax his Career with a new Broadway Show Sometime Soon - Entertainer Plans Production from his Nevada Ranch]," July 18, 1954, Nevada State Journal, p. 7, 9.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External Resources ==
== External Resources ==
* University of Nevada, Reno. [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/specoll/photodesc.aspx?AccNo=UNRS-P2710 UNRS-P2710-124]," "Lorenzo D. Creel with four men. Man to Creel's right is same man as in photo #29, 30, 31 and 34. Pyramid Lake. Nevada, 1918. [Identification supplied by Paiute elder: Jigger Bob, far right, from [[Big Canyon]]; "used to holler around" to show he was coming; Joe Mandel, far left] (See also #5112 and #5308)"
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/838720 Big Canyon (Locale) GNIS]
* [http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/pdfusarr/nevadarrs.pdf  Nevada Railroads SL-171 Passenger Stations and Stops]
* University of Nevada, Reno. [https://unrspecoll.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F6579F16-47FD-48D5-9ED4-993177629780 UNRS-P2710-0124]," "Lorenzo D. Creel with four men. Man to Creel's right is same man as in photo #29, 30, 31 and 34. Pyramid Lake. Nevada, 1918. [Identification supplied by Paiute elder: Jigger Bob, far right, from [[Big Canyon]]; "used to holler around" to show he was coming; Joe Mandel, far left] (See also #5112 and #5308)"
* Nevada State Journal, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1952/04-06/page-22?tag=easton+pyramid&rtserp=tags/easton-pyramid?page=2&psi=63&pci=7 Sheriff's Deputies Plan to Investigate Skeleton at Pyramid]," April 6, 1952, p. 22.
 
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 28 December 2021

Big Canyon (Locale) was a stop on the Fernley and Lassen Railway between Pyramid and Zenobia.[1]

The mouth of Big Canyon is 13 miles north of Sutcliffe.[2]

In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon. Later the location became known as Pyramid.[2]

Big Canyon Ranch is located west of Big Canyon (Locale).

References

External Resources