Buffalo Meadows

Buffalo Meadows "is a flat located east of the Smoke Creek Desert and north of Twin Mountain" (Carson).

Buffalo Salt Works is located on the west side of the Smoke Creek Desert.

Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary
- p. 62 of Carlson states that areas with the name Buffalo were named for "buffalo grass grass in the area or for buffalo bushes growing on stream banks". Carlson states that Buffalo Meadows was a stock raising station located on the WP RR and that it had a post office from March 29, 1879 until November 15, 1913, when the mail moved to Sheepshead.
George R. Stewart, Western Folklore, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1948), p. 174 quotes a local as saying that the name came from an Indian by the same name. The local qualified his statement with saying that there was an old Indian with that name and that he supposes that the area was named after the Indian.
GNIS cites "Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1970, 492 pp. Gives historical background for mining towns and camps in Nevada. p154"
1896 Post Route Map shows Buffalo Meadow 15 miles north east of Salt Marsh (n.o.)

Nevada Census: Search for "Buffalo Meadows" to get 1880 residents
Description UNR Image of Buffalo Salt Works
Buffalo Meadows, Washoe Co., NV - 1907-1908 Business Directory
- A stock ranch of 30 population, is located west of the central portion of Washoe County, on Buffalo Creek, 100 miles north of Reno, the county seat and nearest banking point, and 50 miles northeast of Amedee, Cal, the nearest shipping station. Has stage communication with Amadee five times a week, fare $5.00.
- J H Smith, postmaster
- Last Name First Name Type of Business
- Bailey E K stock raiser
- Disobell A L stock raiser
- Fuller C A stock raiser
- Noelen C C stock raiser
- Smith J H Postmaster and Stock Raiser
- Vinning C stock raiser
- Ward J M stock raiser
THE HISTORY OF NEVADA, CHAPTER LVIII., WASHOE COUNTY, BY MAJOR G. W. INGALLS. From The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, vol. II (1912) says:
- "Buffalo Meadows—A postoffice 100 miles north of Reno on Western Pacific Railway. Is centre of a stock raising district. Has a public school and two hotels. Was established in 1865."

* "General history and resources of Washoe County, Nevada, published under the auspices of the Nevada Educational Association." (1888)
- p. 19: "At Buffalo Canyon and Red Rock some hay is cut and the hills abound in springs. Cattle and horses range on the hills."
Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923) (UNR) shows Buffalo Canyon.
1895 U.S. Atlas - Washoe County shows Buffalo Canyon.

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