From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). This photo, taken in the 1960s, shows the location of Isaac "Ike" Irwin's first home, a 4' by 8' rock house, in the foreground, Duckwater, Nevada. The cottonwood trees in the center were planted by Ike Irwin for use in making fruit boxes to transport the fruit he grew to Eureka, Nevada, for sale there. In the background is Duckwater Range.

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). Gerald moved to the Smoky Valley after purchasing the Carver ranch. Formerly, he had been a rancher near Glendale, California, northeast of Bakersfield, California.

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). The ranch consisted of two parts: about 300 acres located along the present route of Highway 376, a few miles north of the site of the town of Round Mountain, Nevada; and 640 acres located about two miles due east of the first part of the ranch. Carver purchased the first part of the ranch from Ed Turner, who had been in the meat business in Round Mountain, where he operated a butcher shop in the early days of the town. Carver purchased the second part from Mimosa Pittman, widow of Nevada Senator Key Pittman. Pittman had acquired the property from the federal government under the Pittman Act, an act which allowed individuals to acquire federal lands.

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). Dick, Gerald Miller, and Gary Carver in front of Carver’s Station.

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)

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). Robert William “Bill” Carver is the son of Gerald Miller Carver by a previous marriage.

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). Gerald Carver was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, but the courthouse in Winnemucca later burned down, and he thus had no official birth certificate.