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Gibson is a historical location 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 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><ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:846197 GNIS] "Gibson (Historical)", Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:125,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Wadsworth/1894
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Formerly owned by Felix McCormack, Gibson was named by 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 by 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>
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* [[ http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:846197 | GNIS]] "Gibson (Historical)"
** Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:125,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Wadsworth/1894

Revision as of 04:20, 17 May 2015

Gibson is a historical location at the south end of Winnemucca Lake.[1][2]

Formerly owned by Felix McCormack, Gibson was named by W. D. C Gibson, the Indian Agent at Pyramid Lake.[3]

In 1888, W. D. C. Gibson, announced that he had taken over McCormack's and intended to open a resort and trading post.[4]

Gibson, Nevada. Located at the southern edge of Winnemucca Lake.

References

  1. "Wadsworth (1894, Rp. 1942)," Map, Mary B. Ansari Map Library, University of Nevada, Reno.
  2. GNIS "Gibson (Historical)", Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:125,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Wadsworth/1894
  3. Gae Whitney Canfield, "Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes."
  4. "Stories from the files Forty Years Ago Today," Reno Evening Gazette, July 21, 1928.