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Godey's Gap was named for Alexander Godey of the [Fremont Expedition]. | Godey's Gap was named for Alexander Godey of the [[John C. Fremont | Fremont Expedition]]. | ||
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"gap, between Godeys Rock and Granite Point and connecting Black Rock Desert to [[Smoke Creek Desert]] about 2.5 miles west of [[Gerlach]] and 32 miles north of [[Pyramid Lake]]; named for Alexander Godey, who discovered this pass in January, 1844 while scouting for the Fremont Expedition."<ref name="godeysGapBGNF">United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Graphical Names Folder [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=999003 NV_840667_001_Godeys Gap_frm_1965.pdf]</ref> | "gap, between Godeys Rock and Granite Point and connecting Black Rock Desert to [[Smoke Creek Desert]] about 2.5 miles west of [[Gerlach]] and 32 miles north of [[Pyramid Lake]]; named for Alexander Godey, who discovered this pass in January, 1844 while scouting for the Fremont Expedition."<ref name="godeysGapBGNF">United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Graphical Names Folder [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=999003 NV_840667_001_Godeys Gap_frm_1965.pdf]</ref> | ||
"Nevada Centennial Commission, AMS Lovelock 1:250; suggested name for unnamed feature to commemorate Alexander Godey, who did "advanced scouting" for the Fremont Expedition and found this "path across the mud flat to the Fox Mountains"; not in a USNF"<ref name="godeysGapBGNF"/> | "Nevada Centennial Commission, AMS Lovelock 1:250; suggested name for unnamed feature to commemorate Alexander Godey, who did "advanced scouting" for the Fremont Expedition and found this "path across the mud flat to the [[Fox Range | Fox Mountains]]"; not in a USNF"<ref name="godeysGapBGNF"/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 23 November 2014
Godey's Gap was named for Alexander Godey of the Fremont Expedition.
"gap, between Godeys Rock and Granite Point and connecting Black Rock Desert to Smoke Creek Desert about 2.5 miles west of Gerlach and 32 miles north of Pyramid Lake; named for Alexander Godey, who discovered this pass in January, 1844 while scouting for the Fremont Expedition."[1]
"Nevada Centennial Commission, AMS Lovelock 1:250; suggested name for unnamed feature to commemorate Alexander Godey, who did "advanced scouting" for the Fremont Expedition and found this "path across the mud flat to the Fox Mountains"; not in a USNF"[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Graphical Names Folder NV_840667_001_Godeys Gap_frm_1965.pdf