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Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A. | Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A in the [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]. | ||
Carlson states that forty settlers were killed there <ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA164&ots=KQBwWdi3sb&dq=nevada%20place%20names%20Massacre&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q=Massacre&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 164</ref>, though a later study brings doubt to whether a massacre occurred there.<ref>Thomas N. Layton, "[http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/statepubs/epubs/210777-1977-4Winter.pdf Massacre! What Massacre? An inquiry into the Massacre of 1850]," p 241-251, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Winter 1977.</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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==Resources== | |||
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.561111,-119.586670&spn=0.011403,0.021822&t=k Google Maps] | * [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.561111,-119.586670&spn=0.011403,0.021822&t=k Google Maps] | ||
* [http://www.canvocta.org/massacreranch2007.html Massacre Ranch Outing 2007] (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association) | * [http://www.canvocta.org/massacreranch2007.html Massacre Ranch Outing 2007] (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association) | ||
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==See Also== | |||
* [[Massacre Range]] | |||
[[Category:Ranches]] | [[Category:Ranches]] | ||
Revision as of 01:16, 30 November 2014
Massacre Ranch is located south of Highway 8A in the Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.
Carlson states that forty settlers were killed there [1], though a later study brings doubt to whether a massacre occurred there.[2]
References
- ↑ Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 164
- ↑ Thomas N. Layton, "Massacre! What Massacre? An inquiry into the Massacre of 1850," p 241-251, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Winter 1977.
Resources
- Google Maps
- Massacre Ranch Outing 2007 (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association)