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''Not to be confused with [[Willow Creek Station]]'' | ''Not to be confused with [[Willow Creek Station]]'' | ||
Willow Point | |||
Willow Point is a former station located in [[Paradise Valley]]. | |||
A 1967 source states that the [[Railroad Stage Line]] left Winnemucca, traveled to [[Willow Point Station]] in [[Paradise Valley]], then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.<ref name=Goodwin>"[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1967-1Spring.pdf William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King]," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.</ref> | A 1967 source states that the [[Railroad Stage Line]] left Winnemucca, traveled to [[Willow Point Station]] in [[Paradise Valley]], then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.<ref name=Goodwin>"[http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1967-1Spring.pdf William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King]," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.</ref> | ||
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In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.<ref>"The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.</ref> | In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.<ref>"The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.</ref> | ||
Willow Point is located at [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Willow_Point,_Nevada¶ms=41_15_21_N_117_36_35_W_region:US-NV_source:GNIS_type:city 41.2557338 -117.6098494].<ref>[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/848220 Willow Point] GNIS</ref> | |||
Willow Point appears in the [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#11/41.2543/-117.6220 Paradise, NV 1:250,000 1889 (1889 ed.) map]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 01:37, 4 February 2024
Not to be confused with Willow Creek Station
Willow Point is a former station located in Paradise Valley.
A 1967 source states that the Railroad Stage Line left Winnemucca, traveled to Willow Point Station in Paradise Valley, then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.[1]
Toll House is located to the south of Willow Point Station on the road to Winnemucca.
In 1911 Bob Robinson was the station keeper.[2]
Willow Point is located at 41.2557338 -117.6098494.[3]
Willow Point appears in the Paradise, NV 1:250,000 1889 (1889 ed.) map.
References
- ↑ "William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.
- ↑ "The Indian Massacre of 1911." Mack, Effie Mona. Page 56.
- ↑ Willow Point GNIS
External links
- Willow Point, Nevada (Wikipedia)