Big Canyon

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The mouth of Big Canyon is 13 miles north of Sutcliffe.[1]

In July, 1864, Charles Symonds started building a house at the mouth of Big Canyon. Later the location became known as Pyramid.[1]

Big Canyon Ranch

Big Canyon Ranch was owned by Patrick I. Flanigan, for whom the town of Flanigan was named.[2]

Basil Woon stated that at one time, Big Canyon Ranch was owned by an Englishman who thought the Nazis were going to take over the world.[3]

At one time, the Big Canyon Ranch was owned by cattleman Hiram West, who married a daughter of P. T. Barnum.[3] Hiram West is buried on Tule Mountain. [4]

In 1950, Entertainer Harry Richman bought the Big Canyon Ranch. [3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sessions S. Wheeler, "The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake," p. 78.
  2. Kay Mergen, "Reno Follows Strange Case of Kidnapped Carriage Step," August 13, 1954, Reno Evening Gazette, p. 6.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Basil Woon, "Harry Richman Plans to Climax his Career with a new Broadway Show Sometime Soon - Entertainer Plans Production from his Nevada Ranch," July 18, 1954, Nevada State Journal, p. 7, 9.
  4. Basil Woon, "'Hot Rock' Prospectors of Today follow 95-Year-Old Trails in Northern Nevada," March 3, 1955, Nevada State Journal, p. 8, 10.

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