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Leigh states that Ascalon is the name of an city in Israel, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascalon Wikipedia]<ref>Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and significance", 1964</ref>.
Leigh states that Ascalon is the name of an city in Israel, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascalon Wikipedia]<ref>Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and significance", 1964</ref>.


[[Image:Cscrm_000335_07_access3675x2040.jpg|right|thumb|WPRR 1910 Timetable showing Ascalon]]
[[Image:TregoMap1913.png|right|thumb|October 1913 map showing Ascalon]]
[[Image:TregoMap1913.png|right|thumb|October 1913 map showing Ascalon]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Ascalon]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Ascalon]]

Revision as of 06:35, 10 September 2015

Ascalon is a Railroad siding between Gerlach and Trego.

Leigh states that Ascalon is the name of an city in Israel, see Wikipedia[1].

WPRR 1910 Timetable showing Ascalon
October 1913 map showing Ascalon
c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Ascalon

References

  1. Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and significance", 1964

External Resources

  • GNIS
    • Variant: Ashkelon. Citation: "Leigh, Rufus Wood. 'Nevada Place Names,' Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1964, 149 pp. Gives historical background on place names in Nevada. p27"