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Andorno Creek is located in the Santa Rosa Range, east of US 95, north of 140. |
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Andorno Creek is located in the Santa Rosa Range, east of US 95, north of 140. | Andorno Creek is located in the Santa Rosa Range, east of US 95, north of 140. | ||
Carlson states that the name is of an undetermined origin.<ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA37&ots=KQJxTfb6qf&dq=slumbering%20hills%20nevada%20place%20names&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=slumbering%20hills%20nevada%20place%20names&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 38.</ref> | Carlson states that the name is of an undetermined origin.<ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA37&ots=KQJxTfb6qf&dq=slumbering%20hills%20nevada%20place%20names&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=slumbering%20hills%20nevada%20place%20names&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 38.</ref> However, Marshall states that people in the area have roots in Andorno Micca, Italy.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r53iz7KRW28C&lpg=PA150&dq=Andorno%20House%20nevada&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=Andorno%20&f=false Paradise Valley, Nevada: The People and Buildings of an American Place]," p. 66.</ref> | ||
Andorno Ranch is nearby and was a stage stop known as Awakening Peak and Paradise Valley.<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:858713 GNIS Andorno Ranch]</ref> | Andorno Ranch is nearby and was a stage stop known as Awakening Peak and Paradise Valley.<ref>Howard W. Marshall, "[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:858713 GNIS Andorno Ranch]</ref> | ||
Andorno is mentioned in a 1913 news paper<ref>Nevada State Journal, p. 3, April 20, 1913.</ref> | Andorno is mentioned in a 1913 news paper<ref>Nevada State Journal, p. 3, April 20, 1913.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 21 June 2017
Andorno Creek is located in the Santa Rosa Range, east of US 95, north of 140.
Carlson states that the name is of an undetermined origin.[1] However, Marshall states that people in the area have roots in Andorno Micca, Italy.[2]
Andorno Ranch is nearby and was a stage stop known as Awakening Peak and Paradise Valley.[3]
Andorno is mentioned in a 1913 news paper[4]
Andorno House was a 48 room hotel at Andorno Ranch[5][6]
References
- ↑ Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 38.
- ↑ Paradise Valley, Nevada: The People and Buildings of an American Place," p. 66.
- ↑ Howard W. Marshall, "GNIS Andorno Ranch
- ↑ Nevada State Journal, p. 3, April 20, 1913.
- ↑ Bragg, Allen C. 'Humboldt County 1905' Winnemucca, Nevada: Humboldt Printers, 1976, 150 pp. A series of articles on the people and places of Humboldt County. p61
- ↑ GNIS Andorno House
- GNIS Andorno Creek
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