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'''St. Mary's''' is a ghost town located in present-day Pershing County.<ref>"[https://www.nvexpeditions.com/pershing/stmary.php St. Mary's]," nvexpeditions.com.</ref><ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ghosts_of_Humboldt_Region/iZs8AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=St.%20Mary%27s Ghosts of Humboldt Region: A Glimpse into Pershing County's Past]," Dave Basso, 1970, p. 107.</ref><ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nevada_Ghost_Towns_Mining_Camps/wQQUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=St.%20Mary%27s Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps]," Stanley Paher, 1970, p.  
'''St. Mary's''' is a ghost town located in present-day Pershing County.<ref>"[https://www.nvexpeditions.com/pershing/stmary.php St. Mary's]," nvexpeditions.com</ref><ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ghosts_of_Humboldt_Region/iZs8AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=St.%20Mary%27s Ghosts of Humboldt Region: A Glimpse into Pershing County's Past]," Dave Basso, 1970, p. 107.</ref><ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nevada_Ghost_Towns_Mining_Camps/wQQUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=St.%20Mary%27s Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps]," Stanley Paher, 1970, p.  
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135.</ref>([https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Saint_Marys&params=40_41_47_N_118_12_29_W_type:city_region:US-NV "Saint Marys (historical)," 40.6962937 N -118.2079233W]<ref>GNIS Nevada download, USGS.</ref>)
 
[[File:Map showing St. Mary's Hotel.png|thumb|1864 map showing St. Mary's Hotel at S25 T33N R33N.]]
[[File:1893MapShowingStMarysRabbitHoleCampMcKee.png|thumb|1893 map showing St. Mary's. (source: [https://www.loc.gov/item/98688513/ Indexed county and township pocket map and shippers guide of Nevada, Rand McNally])]]


Rathbun writes that the station and hotel was used by the military in 1864.  The location was a common crossing place on the Humboldt and meeting place.  The location was named for a hotel that was on the north bank of the Humboldt.  The location is about a half mile upstream from Rye Patch Reservoir's high water mark.<ref>"Nevada Military Place Names of the Indian Wars and Civil War," Daniel C. B. Rathbun, p. 126, 2001.</ref>
Rathbun writes that the station and hotel was used by the military in 1864.  The location was a common crossing place on the Humboldt and meeting place.  The location was named for a hotel that was on the north bank of the Humboldt.  The location is about a half mile upstream from Rye Patch Reservoir's high water mark.<ref>"Nevada Military Place Names of the Indian Wars and Civil War," Daniel C. B. Rathbun, p. 126, 2001.</ref>
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Note that there is also a St. Mary's Station in Wyoming that was part of the Pony Express.
Note that there is also a St. Mary's Station in Wyoming that was part of the Pony Express.


[[File:Map showing St. Mary's Hotel.png|thumb|1864 map showing St. Mary's Hotel at S25 T33N R33N.]]
==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:24, 24 November 2023

St. Mary's is a ghost town located in present-day Pershing County.[1][2][3]("Saint Marys (historical)," 40.6962937 N -118.2079233W[4])

1864 map showing St. Mary's Hotel at S25 T33N R33N.
1893 map showing St. Mary's. (source: Indexed county and township pocket map and shippers guide of Nevada, Rand McNally)

Rathbun writes that the station and hotel was used by the military in 1864. The location was a common crossing place on the Humboldt and meeting place. The location was named for a hotel that was on the north bank of the Humboldt. The location is about a half mile upstream from Rye Patch Reservoir's high water mark.[5]

Note that there is also a St. Mary's Station in Wyoming that was part of the Pony Express.

References

  1. "St. Mary's," nvexpeditions.com
  2. "Ghosts of Humboldt Region: A Glimpse into Pershing County's Past," Dave Basso, 1970, p. 107.
  3. "Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps," Stanley Paher, 1970, p. 135.
  4. GNIS Nevada download, USGS.
  5. "Nevada Military Place Names of the Indian Wars and Civil War," Daniel C. B. Rathbun, p. 126, 2001.