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Fish Springs Pass
1888 Map shows Astor Pass
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* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847150 GNIS]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847150 GNIS]
** Also know as Fish Springs Pass.  Citation: "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1884"
** Also know as Fish Springs Pass.  Citation: "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1884"
** [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1290 Plat Maps for Range 19 East (R20E) T27N 1884] shows Fish Springs Pass.
*** [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1290 Plat Maps for Range 19 East (R20E) T27N 1884] shows Fish Springs Pass.
*** [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1290 Plat Maps for Range 19 East (R20E) T27N 1888] shows Astor Pass.
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows the Astor Pass.
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows the Astor Pass.
* Astor Pass is at N40.1955° W119.7938°, which is S22 T27N R19E
* Astor Pass is at N40.1955° W119.7938°, which is S22 T27N R19E

Revision as of 07:24, 13 June 2015

The Astor Pass is located northwest of Pyramid Lake between the lake and Sand Pass on Highway 445. Astor a station on the Fernley and Lassen Railway is nearby.

The name may refer to John Jacob Astor, an early fur trader, whose grandson, John Jacob Astor IV, died on the Titanic in April, 1912 during the time the railway was being built. However, a 1907 map shows the name Astor for the area.[1][2]

References

  1. Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary", p. 179.
  2. "Nevada And The Southeastern Portion Of California," Third Edition, The Clason Map Company, Denver, Colorado, 1907. Shows Astor Pass.