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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 was a stop on the [[Fernley and Lassen Railway]].
[[Big Canyon Ranch]] is located west of Big Canyon (Locale).
 
==Big Canyon Ranch==
Big Canyon Ranch was owned by Patrick I. Flanigan (b. 1860, d. 1920), for whom the town of [[Flanigan]] was named.<ref>Kay Mergen, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1954/08-13/page-6?tag=big+canyon&rtserp=tags/?pep=big-canyon&page=3&psi=63&pci=7 Reno Follows Strange Case of Kidnapped Carriage Step]," August 13, 1954, Reno Evening Gazette, p. 6.</ref>
 
At one time, the Big Canyon Ranch was owned by cattleman Hiram West. Woon states that West married a daughter of P. T. Barnum<ref name="woon"/>, which seems unlikely as West married Lillian C. Bailey of Washoe City in 1905.<ref>"[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1905/12-20/page-6?tag=hiram+west+lillian+bailey&rtserp=tags/?psi=63&pci=7&pep=lillian-bailey&pf=hiram&pl=west Hiram West Married Last Night]," December 20, 1905, p. 6.</ref> None of Barnum's children had this name.  Hiram West died in ca. 1930 and 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>
 
One source states that David Vernon Shawn-Kennedy bought the ranch in 1931. Shaw-Kennedy served in the British Coldstream Guards in World War I.<ref>Reno Evening Gazette, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1945/08-31/page-13?tag=shaw+kennedy+big+canyon&rtserp=tags/?psi=63&pci=7&pep=big-canyon&pf=shaw&pl=kennedy Wealthy Nevadan's Estate in Court]," August 31, 1945, p. 13.</ref>
 
However, another source states that a "Mr. Shaw Kennedy", owned the ranch from 1941 until 1949.<ref name="silverState"/>
 
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"/>
 
Entertainer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Richman Harry Richman] owned Big Canyon Ranch from 1949 until 1954. <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>
 
In 1954, the Capurro Family purchased Big Canyon Ranch.<ref name="silverState">"[https://books.google.com/books?id=f9gjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Big+Canyon+Ranch%22+washoe&dq=%22Big+Canyon+Ranch%22+washoe&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL-IOb84nKAhUFx2MKHc_6A04Q6AEIODAD Nevada: The Silver State, Volume 2]," Western States Historical Publishers, p. 885, 1970.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External Resources ==
== External Resources ==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:838720 Big Canyon (Locale) GNIS]
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/838720 Big Canyon (Locale) GNIS]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847151 Big Canyon (Valley) GNIS]
* [http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/pdfusarr/nevadarrs.pdf  Nevada Railroads SL-171 Passenger Stations and Stops]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:838724 Big Canyon Ranch (Locale) GNIS]
* 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)"
* 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)"
* 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

  1. ↑ "County Base Map Series, Nevada Department of Transportation, historic (1930's). WA1/1937"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sessions S. Wheeler, "The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake," p. 78.

External Resources

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