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In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon. Later the location became known as [[Pyramid]].<ref name="wheeler"/> | In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon. Later the location became known as [[Pyramid]].<ref name="wheeler"/> | ||
==Big Canyon Ranch== | |||
Basil Woon stated that at one time, Big Canyon Ranch was owned by an Englishman who thought the Nazis were going to take over the world.<ref name="woon"/> | |||
At one time, the Big Canyon Ranch was owned by cattleman Hiram West, who married a daughter of P. T. Barnum.<ref name="woon"/> Hiram West is buried on Tule Mountain. | |||
<ref name="woon2">Basil Woon, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1955/04-03/page-8?tag=hi+west%20barnum%20nevada%20daughter&rtserp=tags/barnum-nevada-daughter?psi=63&pci=7&pf=hi&pl=west 'Hot Rock' Prospectors of Today follow 95-Year-Old Trails in Northern Nevada]," March 3, 1955, Nevada State Journal, p. 8, 10.</ref> | |||
In 1950, Harry Richman bought the Big Canyon Ranch. <ref name="woon">Basil Woon, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1954/07-18/page-7?tag=big+canyon&rtserp=tags/?psi=63&pci=7&pep=big-canyon Harry Richman Plans to Climax his Career with a new Broadway Show Sometime Soon - Entertainer Plans Production from his Nevada Ranch]," July 18, 1954, Nevada State Journal, p. 7, 9.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 00:02, 2 January 2016
The mouth of Big Canyon is 13 miles north of Sutcliffe.[1]
In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon. Later the location became known as Pyramid.[1]
Big Canyon Ranch
Basil Woon stated that at one time, Big Canyon Ranch was owned by an Englishman who thought the Nazis were going to take over the world.[2]
At one time, the Big Canyon Ranch was owned by cattleman Hiram West, who married a daughter of P. T. Barnum.[2] Hiram West is buried on Tule Mountain. [3]
In 1950, Harry Richman bought the Big Canyon Ranch. [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sessions S. Wheeler, "The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake," p. 78.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Basil Woon, "Harry Richman Plans to Climax his Career with a new Broadway Show Sometime Soon - Entertainer Plans Production from his Nevada Ranch," July 18, 1954, Nevada State Journal, p. 7, 9.
- ↑ Basil Woon, "'Hot Rock' Prospectors of Today follow 95-Year-Old Trails in Northern Nevada," March 3, 1955, Nevada State Journal, p. 8, 10.
External Resources
- University of Nevada, Reno. UNRS-P2710-124," "Lorenzo D. Creel with four men. Man to Creel's right is same man as in photo #29, 30, 31 and 34. Pyramid Lake. Nevada, 1918. [Identification supplied by Paiute elder: Jigger Bob, far right, from Big Canyon; "used to holler around" to show he was coming; Joe Mandel, far left] (See also #5112 and #5308)"