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Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A in the [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]. | Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A in the [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]. | ||
Carlson states that forty settlers were killed there <ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA164&ots=KQBwWdi3sb&dq=nevada%20place%20names%20Massacre&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q=Massacre&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 164</ref>, though a later study brings doubt to whether a massacre occurred there.<ref>Thomas N. Layton, "[http://nsla. | Carlson states that forty settlers were killed there | ||
<ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA164&ots=KQBwWdi3sb&dq=nevada%20place%20names%20Massacre&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q=Massacre&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 164. Carlson cites "Nev. Guide, p. 216; OPN p. 68." Nev Guide is "Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State, Federal Writer's Project, W. P. A. Portland, 1940." OPN is "Origin of Place Names: Nevada. Federal Writers' Project, W. P. A Reno, 1941"</ref> | |||
<ref>"[http://books.google.com/books?id=XRdZL0gd3QMC&lpg=PA309&vq=massacre&pg=PA216#v=snippet&q=massacre&f=falseNevada: A Guide to the Silver State]," Federal Writer's Project, W. P. A. Portland, 1940. Description of the event.</ref><ref>"[http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/2026 Origin of Place Names: Nevada]," Federal Writers' Project, W. P. A Reno, 1941.</ref> | |||
<ref>OPN cites: Effie Mona Mac, "Nevada: History of the State from the | |||
Earliest Times through the Civil War," 1936.</ref><ref>Mack cites "[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-nevada-section-is-wei/125278694/ Nevada Section is Weird Land]," March 11, 1931, Sacramento Bee.</ref> though Helfrich (1971) | |||
<ref>Devere Helfrich, "[http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/12127/KlamathEchoes1971.pdf;jsessionid=3446F35737EED0D6C2C0CBA71FEFCEFD?sequence=1 The Applegate Trail]," Klamath Historical Society, p. 57, 1971. Includes undated photo of the rocks.</ref> and a later study brings doubt to whether a massacre occurred there.<ref>Thomas N. Layton, "[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1977-4Winter.pdf Massacre! What Massacre? An inquiry into the Massacre of 1850]," p 241-251, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Winter 1977.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/841963 GNIS] | |||
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.561111,-119.586670&spn=0.011403,0.021822&t=k Google Maps] | * [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.561111,-119.586670&spn=0.011403,0.021822&t=k Google Maps] | ||
* [http://www.canvocta.org/massacreranch2007.html Massacre Ranch Outing 2007] (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association) | * [http://www.canvocta.org/massacreranch2007.html Massacre Ranch Outing 2007] (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association) | ||
Latest revision as of 05:06, 25 May 2023
Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A in the Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.
Carlson states that forty settlers were killed there [1] [2][3] [4][5] though Helfrich (1971) [6] and a later study brings doubt to whether a massacre occurred there.[7]
References
- ↑ Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 164. Carlson cites "Nev. Guide, p. 216; OPN p. 68." Nev Guide is "Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State, Federal Writer's Project, W. P. A. Portland, 1940." OPN is "Origin of Place Names: Nevada. Federal Writers' Project, W. P. A Reno, 1941"
- ↑ "A Guide to the Silver State," Federal Writer's Project, W. P. A. Portland, 1940. Description of the event.
- ↑ "Origin of Place Names: Nevada," Federal Writers' Project, W. P. A Reno, 1941.
- ↑ OPN cites: Effie Mona Mac, "Nevada: History of the State from the Earliest Times through the Civil War," 1936.
- ↑ Mack cites "Nevada Section is Weird Land," March 11, 1931, Sacramento Bee.
- ↑ Devere Helfrich, "The Applegate Trail," Klamath Historical Society, p. 57, 1971. Includes undated photo of the rocks.
- ↑ Thomas N. Layton, "Massacre! What Massacre? An inquiry into the Massacre of 1850," p 241-251, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Winter 1977.
Resources
- GNIS
- Google Maps
- Massacre Ranch Outing 2007 (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association)