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Blake's Station was located at Big Meadows (near present-day Lovelock).
Blake's Station was located at [[Big Meadows]] (near present-day Lovelock).


''Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867'' states:
''Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867'' states:
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In 1867, Beachy built a cutoff for the stage route to Idaho that left the old route near Blake's Station at Big Meadows and followed the trail to Junction House.<ref>"[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1967-1Spring.pdf William C. (Hill) Beachey - Nevada-California-Idaho Stagecoach King]," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Spring 1967, volume X, number 1, p. 31.</ref>
In 1867, Beachy built a cutoff for the stage route to Idaho that left the old route near Blake's Station at Big Meadows and followed the trail to Junction House.<ref>"[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1967-1Spring.pdf William C. (Hill) Beachey - Nevada-California-Idaho Stagecoach King]," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Spring 1967, volume X, number 1, p. 31.</ref>
Michno states that Blake's Station was at Big Meadows and that Big Meadows was near present-day Lovelock.<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZExU-tGSz8C&pg=PA135 The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868]," Gregory Michno, 2007, p. 135.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:37, 4 November 2023

Blake's Station was located at Big Meadows (near present-day Lovelock).

Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 states:

"Remarks on Return of Company K, Second Cavalry, for January, 1866.- According to instructions from Headquarters District of Nevada, and S.O. No. 31, of December 20, 1865, I left Fort Churchill, Nev., December 21 1865, with nineteen men of company to execute orders at Dun Glen, Nev. After four days' march, I arrived at Blake's Station, where the citizens turned over to me a notorious Indian called "Black Rock Tom." After being put in charge of the guard, he tried to escape and was shot dead by some of the command."[1]

In 1867, Beachy built a cutoff for the stage route to Idaho that left the old route near Blake's Station at Big Meadows and followed the trail to Junction House.[2]

Michno states that Blake's Station was at Big Meadows and that Big Meadows was near present-day Lovelock.[3]

References

  1. "Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867," California. Adjutant General's Office, p. 186, 1890.
  2. "William C. (Hill) Beachey - Nevada-California-Idaho Stagecoach King," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Spring 1967, volume X, number 1, p. 31.
  3. "The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868," Gregory Michno, 2007, p. 135.