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Buffalo Meadows "is a flat located east of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]] and north of Twin Mountain" (Carson) | Buffalo Meadows "is a flat located east of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]] and north of Twin Mountain" (Carson). | ||
[[Buffalo Salt Works]] is located on the west side of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]]. | |||
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* [http://nvshpo.org/component/census/ Nevada Census]: Search for "Buffalo Meadows" to get 1880 residents | * [http://nvshpo.org/component/census/ Nevada Census]: Search for "Buffalo Meadows" to get 1880 residents | ||
* [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/specoll/photodesc.aspx?AccNo=UNRS-P2007-01 Description UNR Image of Buffalo Salt Works] | * [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/specoll/photodesc.aspx?AccNo=UNRS-P2007-01 Description UNR Image of Buffalo Salt Works] | ||
* [http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/business/bufmeadows1907.txt Buffalo Meadows, Washoe Co., NV - 1907-1908 Business Directory] | * [http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/business/bufmeadows1907.txt Buffalo Meadows, Washoe Co., NV - 1907-1908 Business Directory] | ||
Revision as of 04:15, 5 May 2014
Buffalo Meadows "is a flat located east of the Smoke Creek Desert and north of Twin Mountain" (Carson).
Buffalo Salt Works is located on the west side of the Smoke Creek Desert.
Place Name Links
- Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary
- p. 62 of Carlson states that areas with the name Buffalo were named for "buffalo grass grass in the area or for buffalo bushes growing on stream banks". Carlson states that Buffalo Meadows was a stock raising station located on the WP RR and that it had a post office from March 29, 1879 until November 15, 1913, when the mail moved to Sheepshead.
- George R. Stewart, Western Folklore, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1948), p. 174 quotes a local as saying that the name came from an Indian by the same name. The local qualified his statement with saying that there was an old Indian with that name and that he supposes that the area was named after the Indian.
- GNIS cites "Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1970, 492 pp. Gives historical background for mining towns and camps in Nevada. p154"
- 1896 Post Route Map shows Buffalo Meadow 15 miles north east of Salt Marsh (n.o.)
History Links
- Nevada Census: Search for "Buffalo Meadows" to get 1880 residents
- Description UNR Image of Buffalo Salt Works
- Buffalo Meadows, Washoe Co., NV - 1907-1908 Business Directory
- A stock ranch of 30 population, is located west of the central portion of Washoe County, on Buffalo Creek, 100 miles north of Reno, the county seat and nearest banking point, and 50 miles northeast of Amedee, Cal, the nearest shipping station. Has stage communication with Amadee five times a week, fare $5.00.
- J H Smith, postmaster
- Last Name First Name Type of Business
- Bailey E K stock raiser
- Disobell A L stock raiser
- Fuller C A stock raiser
- Noelen C C stock raiser
- Smith J H Postmaster and Stock Raiser
- Vinning C stock raiser
- Ward J M stock raiser
- THE HISTORY OF NEVADA, CHAPTER LVIII., WASHOE COUNTY, BY MAJOR G. W. INGALLS. From The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, vol. II (1912) says:
- "Buffalo Meadows—A postoffice 100 miles north of Reno on Western Pacific Railway. Is centre of a stock raising district. Has a public school and two hotels. Was established in 1865."
Buffalo Springs
- Map no. 3 from the Humboldt Mountains to the Mud Lakes (1855) shows Buffalo Springs.
- 1863 DeGroot's map of Nevada (David Rumsey) shows Buffalo Springs.
Buffalo Canyon
- Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923) (UNR) shows Buffalo Canyon.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County shows Buffalo Canyon.
