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Dayton, Nevada Gold Discovery Sesquicentennial Commemorative Plate (MS-00772)

Abstract

The Dayton, Nevada Gold Discovery Sesquicentennial Commemorative Plate collection (1999) contains one china plate commemorating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of gold in Dayton, Nevada in 1849.

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Date

1999

Extent

0.16 Cubic Feet (1 box)
1.00 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents Note

The Dayton, Nevada Gold Discovery Sesquicentennial Commemorative Plate collection (1999) contains one china plate commemorating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of gold in Dayton, Nevada in 1849.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Biographical / Historical Note

In 1849, the first gold discovery was made by Abner Blackburn, a Mormon guide, in what is now Dayton, Nevada. Additional discoveries in nearby areas of Lyon County, Nevada, drew prospectors to Dayton, and it became a mining and agricultural center by 1851. The placer-gold discovery at the mouth of Gold Canyon led to Dayton's settlement, distinguishing it as Nevada's first permanent non-Native settlement.

Source:

"Dayton History," accessed September 07, 2018. https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/nevada/dayton/

Preferred Citation

Dayton, Nevada Gold Discovery Sesquicentennial Commemorative Plate, 1999. MS-00772. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Accession number 2014-082.

Processing Note

In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00772

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