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Gibson is a historical location located at the south end of [[Winnemucca Lake]].<ref>"[http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1618 Wadsworth (1894, Rp. 1942)]," Map, Mary B. Ansari Map Library, University of Nevada, Reno.</ref>
Gibson is a historical location located at the south end of [[Winnemucca Lake]].<ref>"[http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1618 Wadsworth (1894, Rp. 1942)]," Map, Mary B. Ansari Map Library, University of Nevada, Reno.</ref>


Possibly named after W. D. C Gibson, the Indian Agent at Pyramid Lake.<ref>Gae Whitney Canfield, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pk1Q77UXQQ0C&lpg=PA224&dq=Gibson%20winnemucca%20lake&pg=PA224#v=onepage&q=Gibson%20&f=false Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes]."</ref>
Formerly owned by Felix McCormack, Gibson was named after W. D. C Gibson, the Indian Agent at Pyramid Lake.<ref>Gae Whitney Canfield, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pk1Q77UXQQ0C&lpg=PA224&dq=Gibson%20winnemucca%20lake&pg=PA224#v=onepage&q=Gibson%20&f=false Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes]."</ref>
 
In 1888, W. D. C. Gibson, announced that he had taken over McCormack's and intended to open a resort and trading post.<ref>"Stories from the files Forty Years Ago Today," Reno Evening Gazette, July 21, 1928.</pref?


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Revision as of 05:51, 22 February 2015

Gibson is a historical location located at the south end of Winnemucca Lake.[1]

Formerly owned by Felix McCormack, Gibson was named after W. D. C Gibson, the Indian Agent at Pyramid Lake.[2]

In 1888, W. D. C. Gibson, announced that he had taken over McCormack's and intended to open a resort and trading post.<ref>"Stories from the files Forty Years Ago Today," Reno Evening Gazette, July 21, 1928.</pref?

References

  1. "Wadsworth (1894, Rp. 1942)," Map, Mary B. Ansari Map Library, University of Nevada, Reno.
  2. Gae Whitney Canfield, "Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes."