1925 Washoe County Directory: Difference between revisions
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Fisk, C. W. (''Also paid 1936 taxes at [[Deep Hole]]'') | Fisk, C. W. (''Probably Clyde Fisk, rancher. Also paid [[1936 Tax List | 1936 taxes]] at [[Deep Hole]]. [[Squaw Reservoir]] was once called Fisk Reservoir. See also [[Shootout at Hualipi Flats]]. '') | ||
Friel, G. C. | Friel, G. C. | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 19 November 2014
(Comments not appearing in the directory are in italics)
REMEMBERING THE OLD-TIMERS The following names were extracted from the 1925 Washoe County Directory as having lived in the Gerlach/Empire area. Directory published by R. L. Polk & Co.. Extract by Gary B. Horton.
Beaudoin, David
Benefield., Ed
Blancett, J. S. garage
Benner, John J.
Boyd, Allen
Boyer, Clay F.
Bradford, Frank
Browne, Geo. A.
Bryant, J. S.
Butler, W. T. Scott soft drinks
Cahill, Walter M.
Carey, Neil
Carter, Hugh M.
Christensen, Art.
Clark, J. T.
Clark, Victor
Conlan, Frank M.
Cook, R. F.
Cornish, S. O. Agt WPRR
Coykendall, Guy
Crain, J. C.
Cross, Claude
Delmas, Fred
Dilts, L. O.
Dodson, Geo. J.
Doran, James H.
Duffy, Edd
Dutton, Jas. H.
Ferrari, Alford
Ferrari, Frank
Finley, Jas. P.
Finley, O. C.
Finley, R. R.
Fisher, J. H.
Fisk, C. W. (Probably Clyde Fisk, rancher. Also paid 1936 taxes at Deep Hole. Squaw Reservoir was once called Fisk Reservoir. See also Shootout at Hualipi Flats. )
Friel, G. C.
Frizzell, Lloyd
Frugoli, Pete
Galindo, Harry P.
Gariety, Martin
Garrison, D. E.
Geil, D. M.
Gregory, Lewis
Grimes, Jas. J. (Mildred Irene Jeakins married James Jacob Grimes in 1923 and then Charles Carter in 1936 (source: "Descendants of Burford Jeakins")
Grotto, Frank
Gruwell, Gilmer
Hagen, Carl F.
Hain, John
Haley, L. R.
Hambly, Jack A.
Hamrick, J. W.
Harlan, George L.
Hart, William
Harvin, William C.
Hawkins, W. W.
Heward, J. H.
Howard, J. H. gen mdse
Howell, John W.
Hughes, Henry J.
Hunter, Harry c.
Hutchinson, Mont E. (Gerlach Justice of the Peace)
Hutchinson, Wressell
Itzania, George
Johnson, C. A.
Keenan, J. H.
Kellicut, Fred D.
Kelly, Claude E.
Kelly, Frank A.
Kennedy, James H.
Kilborn, William
Klein, J. J.
Kleinschmidt, F. H.
Landon, Louis
Langston, David
Lane, Charles D.
Larson, James
Leslie, Percy
Luchesi, Charles
Lyn, Floy
Lyons, Daniel
McCary, W. D.
McCarthy, Max H.
McCarthy, William
McGinnis, E. c. "Mac"
McGovern, John A.
McGraw, William
McNeil, Patrick
Martin, Ray
Meaker, Reginald
Melody, Joseph C.
Melody, Laura
Melvin, L. A.
Moffatt, Bert soft drinks
Monson, Alto
Monson, T. M.
Moore, C. A.
Moore, M. D.
Morley, M. A.
Morrison, W. K.
Mosher, C. A.
Mosher, G. A.
Murdock, Hanse
Murdock, R. H.
Murdock, Wm. S. gen mdse
Myatta, M.
Nelson, Al barber
Nottingham, Geo. supt PPCCo
O'Neil, J. H.
Ormsby, R. E.
Ostrander, J. M. soft drinks
Parker, Fred W.
Parker, William
Parker, W. Dewey
Parsons, William M.
Penner, E.
Perry, Ray
Phillips, L. Ferd
Piney, Frank restaurant
Powell, C. Stanley
Raynard, C. W.
Reeder, T. L.
Sartain, A. R.
Sellick, Joseph
Shedd, Bert
Shedd, George W.
Shedd, Roy
Shelby, Francis
Shutty, Frank
Simmons, Jacob M.
Sinz, A. H.
Smith, F. C.
Strong, W. R. soft drinks
Swift, C. W.
Toft, M. P.
Tomaino, G.
Turnbow, Oscar
Vad, Chris
Van Norman, O. D. (Possibly Oddie Van Norman, who wrote "I Rode For Gerlach". See Louis Gerlach, James Raser, Hog Ranch Mountains)
Vogel, J. F.
Wagner, Richard (Possible name source for Wagner Springs?)
Wagner, W. M. (Possible name source for Wagner Springs?)
Ward, Robert (Possibly associated with Fly Geyser?)
Webster, C. R. soft drinks
Weiss, Edward
Wells, William
White, Mike
Wilder, E. T.
Williams, Austin B. (DeWayne Williams' father. Source: "1940 Census")
Williams, Harry R.
Wilson, George W.
Witherspoon, S.
Woods, E. A. livery
Wurth, James
Young, Frank
Young. R. J.
Zuniga, Alford
Zuniga, Frank
Zuniga, Harry
Businesses Listed:
American Railway Express Company
Donnelly Mountain Mining Company
Tohoquo Mining Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Brannan & Brannan, gen mdse
Note: Some of you readers may have noticed that there are quite number of people in the soft d±ink business. Remember, it was durlng prohibition. All the people selling soft drinks in 1925 were dispensing whiskey prior to 1917, when prohibition became law.