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Cholona is a [[Railroad | railroad]] siding and ghost town located east of [[Trego]] in [[Pershing County]] | Cholona is a [[Railroad | railroad]] siding and ghost town located east of [[Trego]] in [[Pershing County]]. The 1955 Lovelock 250,000 map indicates that a section house was at Cholona.<ref>[http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NV/NV_Lovelock_321726_1955_250000.jpg 1955 Lovelock 250,000 map showing a section house at Cholona]</ref> | ||
The 1914-1915 WPRR Descriptive Time Table states: "Cholona, 460 miles, is the halfway point between Salt Lake City and San Francisco. This stretch of soda and [[Borax | borax]] country is the east edge of the Black Rock Down; much of the whitish soil is said to be volcanic ash."<ref>"[[Descriptive Time Tables, Denver and Rio Grande - Western Pacific, Winter 1914-1915]]."</ref> | |||
[[Image:Cscrm_000335_07_access3675x2040.jpg|right|thumb|WPRR 1910 Timetable showing Cholona]] | |||
[[Image:TregoMap1913.png|right|thumb|October 1913 map showing Cholona]] | |||
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Cholona]] | |||
== References== | == References== | ||
* [ | <references/> | ||
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/850110 GNIS Cholona] | |||
** Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000. | ** Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000. | ||
* Helen S. Carlson, [https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA77&ots=KQArVi96pc&dq=cholona%20nevada&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=cholona%20nevada&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 77. "Name of uncertain meaning" | * Helen S. Carlson, [https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA77&ots=KQArVi96pc&dq=cholona%20nevada&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=cholona%20nevada&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 77. "Name of uncertain meaning" | ||
** Citation: (T54): "Western Pacific Railroad Company. Eastern Division Timetable 54." | ** Citation: (T54): "Western Pacific Railroad Company. Eastern Division Timetable 54." | ||
** Citation: (Dir. 1971): "Directory of Geographic Names, Prepared by the State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Planning Survey Division, Cartographic Section. In cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971." | ** Citation: (Dir. 1971): "Directory of Geographic Names, Prepared by the State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Planning Survey Division, Cartographic Section. In cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971." | ||
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/839519 GNIS Cholona Siding]] | |||
** 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." | |||
* "[http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1930_D%26RGW_WP.jpg Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad]," c. 1914 shows Cholona. | * "[http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1930_D%26RGW_WP.jpg Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad]," c. 1914 shows Cholona. | ||
* Dave Basso, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=DbCUU5WNNoiWyATYt4GQDg&id=iZs8AAAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+station&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past]," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..." | * Dave Basso, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=DbCUU5WNNoiWyATYt4GQDg&id=iZs8AAAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+station&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past]," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..." possibly named for a city in French Cochin China. Basso states that the many Chinese railroad laborers lend credence to this theory. | ||
* Rufus Wood Leigh, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=ULKUU5GiA8G0yATW4IHgBA&id=6l4UAQAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+pershing+county&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona+ Nevada place names: their origin and signifance]," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that Cholon is the name of a city in French Cochin-China. | * Rufus Wood Leigh, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=ULKUU5GiA8G0yATW4IHgBA&id=6l4UAQAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+pershing+county&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona+ Nevada place names: their origin and signifance]," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholon,_Ho_Chi_Minh_City Cholon] is the name of a city in French [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinchina Cochin-China]. Wikipedia states: "Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)" | ||
* Nevada State Journal, Friday, July 18, 1941, Page 5, Mrs. William Killinger of Cholona, Nev, visiting. | |||
* Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, August 10, 1914, Page 8, "a Greek sectjon foreman on the Western Pacific line at Cholona, near Sulphur" | |||
* "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1910/04-28/page-3 Four Injured in Collision on Railroad]," Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, April 28, 1910, Page 3. Head-on train collision during a sandstorm between Cholona and "Hot Springs" (presumably [[Trego]]). | |||
** J. F. Gallagher, brakeman, of Winnemucca injured | |||
** Bert Dyer, engineer | |||
** Adolph Becker of Winnemucca, hit on the head, expected to die | |||
** Engineer Baker | |||
[[Category:Ghost towns]] | [[Category:Ghost towns]] | ||
[[Category:Pershing County]] | [[Category:Pershing County]] | ||
[[Category:Deaths by accident]] | |||
[[Category:Section houses]] | |||
[[Category:USGS Quads]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:06, 28 December 2021
Cholona is a railroad siding and ghost town located east of Trego in Pershing County. The 1955 Lovelock 250,000 map indicates that a section house was at Cholona.[1]
The 1914-1915 WPRR Descriptive Time Table states: "Cholona, 460 miles, is the halfway point between Salt Lake City and San Francisco. This stretch of soda and borax country is the east edge of the Black Rock Down; much of the whitish soil is said to be volcanic ash."[2]
References
- GNIS Cholona
- Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
- Helen S. Carlson, Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 77. "Name of uncertain meaning"
- Citation: (T54): "Western Pacific Railroad Company. Eastern Division Timetable 54."
- Citation: (Dir. 1971): "Directory of Geographic Names, Prepared by the State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Planning Survey Division, Cartographic Section. In cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971."
- GNIS Cholona Siding]
- 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."
- "Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad," c. 1914 shows Cholona.
- Dave Basso, "Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..." possibly named for a city in French Cochin China. Basso states that the many Chinese railroad laborers lend credence to this theory.
- Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and signifance," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that Cholon is the name of a city in French Cochin-China. Wikipedia states: "Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)"
- Nevada State Journal, Friday, July 18, 1941, Page 5, Mrs. William Killinger of Cholona, Nev, visiting.
- Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, August 10, 1914, Page 8, "a Greek sectjon foreman on the Western Pacific line at Cholona, near Sulphur"
- "Four Injured in Collision on Railroad," Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, April 28, 1910, Page 3. Head-on train collision during a sandstorm between Cholona and "Hot Springs" (presumably Trego).
- J. F. Gallagher, brakeman, of Winnemucca injured
- Bert Dyer, engineer
- Adolph Becker of Winnemucca, hit on the head, expected to die
- Engineer Baker
