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Willow Point<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:848220 Willow Point] (GNIS)</ref> is a former station located in [[Paradise Valley]].
''Not to be confused with [[Willow Creek Station]]''


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haywood Bill Haywood]'s 1929 autobiography mentions "Andy Kinniger" living near "Willow Creek."<ref>"[https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb00whay/page/27/mode/1up?q=thacker Bill Haywood's book : the autobiography of William D. Haywood]," Haywood, Big Bill</ref> Haywood states that "Kinniger" was killed allegedly by One Arm Jim. However, newspapers report that his name was Kinnegar, not "Kinniger".  Kinnegar was the proprietor of Willow Creek station.<ref name=elko1915>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83479610/the-crime-of-one-arm-jim/ The Crime of One Arm Jim]." Daily Independent. Elko. February 10, 1915, page 1.</ref> One Arm Jim was tried for the 1886 murder of Kinnegar, convicted and sentenced to death.  His sentence was commuted to life in prison.  One Arm Jim died in 1915, while in prison, allegedly at the age of 109.<ref name=elko1915/><ref>"[https://books.google.ca/books?id=Kqh1AAAAMAAJ&q=Andrew+%22Kinnegar%22+%22Willow%22+Nevada&dq=Andrew+%22Kinnegar%22+%22Willow%22+Nevada Sarah Winnemucca]." Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer. Page 275. 2001.</ref>
 
Willow Point is a former station located in [[Paradise Valley]].   
 
A 1967 source states that the [[Railroad Stage Line]] left Winnemucca, traveled to [[Willow Point Station]] in [[Paradise Valley]], then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.<ref name=Goodwin>"[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1967-1Spring.pdf William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King]," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.</ref>
 
[[Toll House]] is located to the south of Willow Point Station on the road to Winnemucca.


In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.<ref>"The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.</ref>
In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.<ref>"The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.</ref>
Willow Point is located at [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Willow_Point,_Nevada&params=41_15_21_N_117_36_35_W_region:US-NV_source:GNIS_type:city  41.2557338 -117.6098494].<ref>[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/848220 Willow Point] GNIS</ref>
Willow Point appears in the [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#11/41.2543/-117.6220 Paradise, NV 1:250,000 1889 (1889 ed.) map].
Stewarts Ranch is to the east at [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Stewarts Ranch,_Nevada&params=41_14_53_N_117_32_33_W_region:US-NV_source:GNIS_type:city 41°14'53.0"N 117°32'33.0"W] and appears in the [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/41.2468/-117.5507 Bliss 1:62,500 1959 (1960 ed.) map]
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Latest revision as of 01:54, 4 February 2024

Not to be confused with Willow Creek Station


Willow Point is a former station located in Paradise Valley.

A 1967 source states that the Railroad Stage Line left Winnemucca, traveled to Willow Point Station in Paradise Valley, then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.[1]

Toll House is located to the south of Willow Point Station on the road to Winnemucca.

In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.[2]

Willow Point is located at 41.2557338 -117.6098494.[3]

Willow Point appears in the Paradise, NV 1:250,000 1889 (1889 ed.) map.

Stewarts Ranch is to the east at Ranch,_Nevada&params=41_14_53_N_117_32_33_W_region:US-NV_source:GNIS_type:city 41°14'53.0"N 117°32'33.0"W and appears in the Bliss 1:62,500 1959 (1960 ed.) map

References

  1. ↑ "William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.
  2. ↑ "The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.
  3. ↑ Willow Point GNIS

External links

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