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* "[http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1930_D%26RGW_WP.jpg Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad]," c. 1914 shows Cholona. | * "[http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:1930_D%26RGW_WP.jpg Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad]," c. 1914 shows Cholona. | ||
* Dave Basso, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=DbCUU5WNNoiWyATYt4GQDg&id=iZs8AAAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+station&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past]," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..." | * Dave Basso, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=DbCUU5WNNoiWyATYt4GQDg&id=iZs8AAAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+station&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past]," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..." | ||
* Rufus Wood Leigh, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=ULKUU5GiA8G0yATW4IHgBA&id=6l4UAQAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+pershing+county&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona+ Nevada place names: their origin and signifance]," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that Cholon is the name of a city in French Cochin-China. | * Rufus Wood Leigh, "[https://encrypted.google.com/books?ei=ULKUU5GiA8G0yATW4IHgBA&id=6l4UAQAAIAAJ&dq=cholona+pershing+county&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cholona+ Nevada place names: their origin and signifance]," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholon,_Ho_Chi_Minh_City Cholon] is the name of a city in French [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinchina Cochin-China]. Wikipedia states: "Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)" | ||
[[Category:Ghost towns]] | [[Category:Ghost towns]] | ||
[[Category:Pershing County]] | [[Category:Pershing County]] | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 8 June 2014
Cholona is a railroad siding and ghost town located east of Trego in Pershing County
References
- GNIS
- Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
- Helen S. Carlson, Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 77. "Name of uncertain meaning"
- Citation: (T54): "Western Pacific Railroad Company. Eastern Division Timetable 54."
- Citation: (Dir. 1971): "Directory of Geographic Names, Prepared by the State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Planning Survey Division, Cartographic Section. In cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971."
- "Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad," c. 1914 shows Cholona.
- Dave Basso, "Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..."
- Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and signifance," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that Cholon is the name of a city in French Cochin-China. Wikipedia states: "Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)"
