Sheepshead

Sheepshead was located west of the Smoke Creek Desert.

References

• GNIS
  • Citation: "Carlson, Helen S., 'Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary,' Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. Reference work giving historical background on place names in Nevada. p114"
    • p. 20 of Carlson says that Sheepshead Ranch was named for Sheepshead Springs, "which got its name from the head of a mountain sheep nailed to a tree at the site"
    • The Sheepshead post office was in operation from March 28, 1879 until March 15, 1926.
    • Variants are "Sheep Head" and "Sheephead".
• The 1880 Census mentions "Sheep Head".
• "General history and resources of Washoe County, Nevada, published under the auspices of the Nevada Educational Association." (1888)
  • p. 19: "Passing south we come to the Salt Marsh where Adams takes out about 200 tons of salt annually for which he finds a market in Sierra Valley. He obtains his salt by evaporation. Sheep Head, Deep Hole and Round Hole Springs follow. Going southeast from Round Hole sixteen miles we reach Pyramid District."
• Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923) (UNR) shows "Sheep-head Spring"
• 1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County shows "Sheephead"
• 1896 Post Route Map shows "Sheephead" 2 miles north of "Pyramide (n.o)" and 26? miles south of Salt Marsh (n.o.)
• Find-a-grave Ross Francis Bonham b.1888, Sheepshead, d. 1966