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Jean Carver Duhme working at the grill at Carver's Station: photographic print

Date

1905 (year uncertain) to 1980 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Items from the Carver’s menu are listed on a sign on the wall in the upper right-hand corner. 

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First photo taken of the Carver's Station, then known as Smoky Valley Ranch Bar and Cafe: photographic print

Date

1948

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). First photo ever taken of the Carver’s Station, then known as Smoky Valley Rainbow Ranch Bar and Café. Gary and Dick Carver are pictured playing on the front step.

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Ranch located in the Stone Cabin Valley area owned by Fulton Little Kelsay: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Ranch located in the Stone Cabin Valley (Nevada) area owned by Fulton Little Kelsay, long-time associate and friend of the William Berg family in Round Mountain. People unidentified, date unknown, but probably early 1920s.

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Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw: photographic print

Date

1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw, Round Mountain area. Man unidentified, date unknown, but possibly circa 1920s. 

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Round Mountain High School students: photographic print

Date

1931

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Back row: unidentified person, Mr. Peck (teacher), Irene ‘Rene” Rogers Berg Zaval, Ruby Zuzallo, unidentified person, Lucille Berg (7th from left), Pansy Weeks, unidentified person. Front row: unidentified person, Bill Berg, unidentified person, unidentified person, Dan Berg, Getta Berg, Kay Salisbury (identified from left to right).

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Lou Heller, husband of Helen Roberts Heller, pictured with Martha Roberts Hawkins' oldest daughter Norma: photographic print

Date

1940

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Lou Heller, husband of Helen Roberts Heller, pictured with Martha Roberts Hawkins’ oldest daughter Norma (left), second oldest daughter Amelia, and youngest daughter Ethel. 

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Survey camp, Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley: photographic print

Date

1909

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). An inscription on the back of this photo reads: "Survey camp taken in 1909" Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley, Nye County. Grandfather Roberts with the hat in his hand on top of the pyramid was Grandma Roberts' husband. Grandma was an Irwin." Martha Roberts Hawkins indicates that this inscription is wrong, that The Tonopah Tidewater Railroad never came to Railroad Valley and the railroad's construction was completed prior to 1909. The man pictured on top waving a hat is Frank Roberts, born in 1886. Photo is believed to be a survey crew for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.

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Petroglyphs in Currant Creek: photographic print

Date

1880 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A beautiful example of Indian Petroglyphs located in the Currant Creek area of Nye County, Nevada. Local Indians are said to be able to decipher the markings and older Indians residing at Duckwater are said to place high value on the site. 

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Native American writings near Moore's Station: photographic print

Date

1880 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Photo taken by Martha Hawkins in 1986 of Indian writings near Moore’s Station, Nevada. 

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Ed Turner's cabin on Carver Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). When Gerald Miller Carver purchased his Smoky Valley, Nevada ranch from Ed Turner, Carver agreed to allow Turner to live on the property. Turner resided in the cabin pictured on the left. Carver purchased the ranch for $5,200 which included 80 head of cattle. This photograph was taken prior to Carver’s purchase of the ranch.

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