Ogle Swingle

Ogle Swingle owned claims at Leadville and owned the 7Z Ranch.

References

• Image of Petrified stump "6 1/2 miles north of Leadville, Washoe County. 56 inches diameter, 84 inches high. These sections made by Ogle Swingle in 1939 in preparation for shipment to San Francisco Fair. 18 May 1946." However, there is no record of the sections appearing a the fair.
  • However, an image from 1910 shows the stump being in sections. The image at the top of p. 59 of Christopher Brooks', "Black Rock Desert" is wa-6252 from the Nevada Historical Society. The photocopy of the image in the index binder says "Jim Raser - At Petrified Forest". The rest of the text is difficult to read, but the authors copy says "c. 1910". So, the cuts were probably made before 1910.
  • In 2013, Donald Jeakins wrote that Ogle Swingle had nothing to do with cutting the stump (Private email to Christopher Brooks).

• Theodore D. Overton, "B046: Mineral resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties," p. 69. Ogle Swingle of Gerlach owned three of five patented claims at Leadville.

• Born 1883, age 57 in 1940, died 7 Jan 1959, Ancestry.com. Web: Nevada, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

• "Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly ... of the ..., Volume 30, Part 2 By Nevada. Legislature," list of registered automobiles for the quarter ended June 30, 1919.
  • "37726 Ogle Swingle, Gerlach, Ford"

• 1920 Census record. Mother from Texas, Father from Missouri. Occupation: Farm Laborer

• Washoe County Assessors Book 66-15 shows the Swingle Ranch in Township 38 N Range 23 E, which is south of Willow Creek Res. on Highway 34

• Donald Jeakins: memories of Ogle Swingle, 15-Oct-2013 email to Christopher Brooks, used by permission.