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Photograph of the arrival of a stagecoach from Stonewall Station in Hornsilver (Nev.), 1908

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Date

1908-06

Description

Arrival of a stagecoach from Stonewall Station, Hornsilver, Nevada, June 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Hornsilver, originally known as Lime Point, was settled when silver was discovered in the area in the 1860's. The name of the camp was changed to Hornsilver in 1908 when rich Hornsilver was found in the area. In the 1930's when gold became the major product of the area the name of the town was again changed, this time to Gold Point, the name it is known by today." There is a date stamp: May 1979.

Digital ID

pho020522

Physical Identifier

0082_0005
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Citation

pho020522. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1bc3t235.

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2901 x 2187 pixels
4.84 x 3.65 inches
19,038,208 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff