Pyramid

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Pyramid is, according to its GNIS entry (843007), a populated place, located on the west shore of Pyramid Lake, north of Sutcliffe, south of Wizards Cove.

Note that there is also Pyramid (Historical), which is a former town located south of Sutcliffe, just outside of the reservation. This location is known as Pyramid City, which consisted of Upper Pyramid (aka Jonesville) and Lower Pyramid.

Pyramid (GNIS 843007) appears on the 1964 Pyramid SW 1:24,000 topo.

In 1864, Charles Symonds started a ranch at this location that became Pyramid. The ranch was known as a "breakfast" station, because the evening stage coach would leave Reno and arrive at Pyramid in the morning, where the team of horses would be changed and the passengers would get breakfast.[1]

A 1892 U.S. Congressional Record states: "Eleven miles north of Sutcliffe's fishing post is another ranch of about 104 acres occupied and claimed by Charles H. Symonds. He has occupied the place since 1878 and he says that it yields an income of $700. He values it at $5,000 which the commissioners say is in their judgment $2,000 in excess of its real value. As to this claim the commissioners say that the Indians also charge its occupant with having ejected members of the band who had settled there in order to enable him to establish his ranch. They also say that they think Mr. Caligan's statements with respect to his claim should be taken with considerable allowance and that certain of Mr. Symonds's statements as to the establishment of the ranch he claims have not been corroborated although diligent and careful inquiry was made."[2]

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