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*** Variants are "Sheep Head" and "Sheephead". | *** Variants are "Sheep Head" and "Sheephead". | ||
* The [[1880 Census]] mentions "Sheep Head". | * The [[1880 Census]] mentions "Sheep Head". | ||
* "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=rJA8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA52&ots=jm0c0kBPGX&dq=Goodwin%20%22Salt%20Marsh%22%20nevada&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q=Goodwin%20%22Salt%20Marsh%22%20nevada&f=false General history and resources of Washoe County, Nevada, published under the auspices of the Nevada Educational Association]." (1888) | |||
** p. 19: "Passing south we come to the Salt Marsh where Adams takes out about 200 tons of salt annually for which he finds a market in Sierra Valley. He obtains his salt by evaporation. [[Sheepshead | Sheep Head]], [[Deep Hole]] and Round Hole Springs follow. Going southeast from Round Hole sixteen miles we reach Pyramid District." | |||
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows "Sheep-head Spring" | * [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows "Sheep-head Spring" | ||
* [http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1895_U.S._Atlas_-_Washoe_County.jpg 1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County] shows "Sheephead" | * [http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1895_U.S._Atlas_-_Washoe_County.jpg 1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County] shows "Sheephead" | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 5 May 2014
Sheepshead was located west of the Smoke Creek Desert.
References
- GNIS
- Citation: "Carlson, Helen S., 'Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary,' Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. Reference work giving historical background on place names in Nevada. p114"
- p. 20 of Carlson says that Sheepshead Ranch was named for Sheepshead Springs, "which got its name from the head of a mountain sheep nailed to a tree at the site"
- The Sheepshead post office was in operation from March 28, 1879 until March 15, 1926.
- Variants are "Sheep Head" and "Sheephead".
- Citation: "Carlson, Helen S., 'Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary,' Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. Reference work giving historical background on place names in Nevada. p114"
- The 1880 Census mentions "Sheep Head".
- "General history and resources of Washoe County, Nevada, published under the auspices of the Nevada Educational Association." (1888)
- p. 19: "Passing south we come to the Salt Marsh where Adams takes out about 200 tons of salt annually for which he finds a market in Sierra Valley. He obtains his salt by evaporation. Sheep Head, Deep Hole and Round Hole Springs follow. Going southeast from Round Hole sixteen miles we reach Pyramid District."
- Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923) (UNR) shows "Sheep-head Spring"
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County shows "Sheephead"
- 1896 Post Route Map shows "Sheephead" 2 miles north of "Pyramide (n.o)" and 26? miles south of Salt Marsh (n.o.)
