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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_State_Route_34 Nevada State Route 34] (Wikipedia) | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_State_Route_34 Nevada State Route 34] (Wikipedia) | ||
* "[http://www.northvalleys.org/txt/hwashoe.pdf History of Washoe County]," "By 1909 the Western Pacific Railroad tracks had reached Gerlach from Winnemucca and the board of county commissioners voted $10,000 for the construction of a wagon road from Surprise Valley, California, to Gerlach 'so that it would become an important trading place.'" (From Carlson, "Place Names of Nevada", p. 154.) | |||
* Larry Wilson, "[http://www.dailysparkstribune.com/view/full_story/10550153/article-Small-towns-hit-the-%E2%80%98bust%E2%80%99-in-Nevada%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98boom-and-bust%E2%80%99-history?instance=secondary_story_left_column Small towns hit the ‘bust’ in Nevada’s ‘boom and bust’ history]," Sparks Tribune, 2011. "The first time I went to the area was in the mid-1950s. In those days, the road was gravel once you got past the sand dunes north of Nixon, an Indian community 50 or so miles south of Gerlach." | * Larry Wilson, "[http://www.dailysparkstribune.com/view/full_story/10550153/article-Small-towns-hit-the-%E2%80%98bust%E2%80%99-in-Nevada%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98boom-and-bust%E2%80%99-history?instance=secondary_story_left_column Small towns hit the ‘bust’ in Nevada’s ‘boom and bust’ history]," Sparks Tribune, 2011. "The first time I went to the area was in the mid-1950s. In those days, the road was gravel once you got past the sand dunes north of Nixon, an Indian community 50 or so miles south of Gerlach." | ||
* John Burns; Frank Johnson (1954). "Residents of Gerlach Like to Think of It As One of the last Genuine Frontier Towns". Nevada State Journal. "J. J. Thrasher, ... says the solution to Gerlach's problem lies in completed the paving of Highway 34 to the south and the surfacing of highway 81 north to the California line near Eagleville." | * John Burns; Frank Johnson (1954). "Residents of Gerlach Like to Think of It As One of the last Genuine Frontier Towns". Nevada State Journal. "J. J. Thrasher, ... says the solution to Gerlach's problem lies in completed the paving of Highway 34 to the south and the surfacing of highway 81 north to the California line near Eagleville." | ||
* W.C. Sinclair, "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt20-black_rock_desert.pdf Ground Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwestern Nevada]," "State Route 34 is paved from Gerlach south to U.S. 40. ... State Route 81 is also paved part of the 55 miles from Gerlach to the California State Line and to Cedarville, 25 miles beyond." | * W.C. Sinclair, "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt20-black_rock_desert.pdf Ground Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwestern Nevada]," "State Route 34 is paved from Gerlach south to U.S. 40. ... State Route 81 is also paved part of the 55 miles from Gerlach to the California State Line and to Cedarville, 25 miles beyond." | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 9 February 2013
Highway 34 is the old name for Nevada State Route 447.
- Nevada State Route 34 (Wikipedia)
- "History of Washoe County," "By 1909 the Western Pacific Railroad tracks had reached Gerlach from Winnemucca and the board of county commissioners voted $10,000 for the construction of a wagon road from Surprise Valley, California, to Gerlach 'so that it would become an important trading place.'" (From Carlson, "Place Names of Nevada", p. 154.)
- Larry Wilson, "Small towns hit the ‘bust’ in Nevada’s ‘boom and bust’ history," Sparks Tribune, 2011. "The first time I went to the area was in the mid-1950s. In those days, the road was gravel once you got past the sand dunes north of Nixon, an Indian community 50 or so miles south of Gerlach."
- John Burns; Frank Johnson (1954). "Residents of Gerlach Like to Think of It As One of the last Genuine Frontier Towns". Nevada State Journal. "J. J. Thrasher, ... says the solution to Gerlach's problem lies in completed the paving of Highway 34 to the south and the surfacing of highway 81 north to the California line near Eagleville."
- W.C. Sinclair, "Ground Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwestern Nevada," "State Route 34 is paved from Gerlach south to U.S. 40. ... State Route 81 is also paved part of the 55 miles from Gerlach to the California State Line and to Cedarville, 25 miles beyond."