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[Cherry Creek, Sunnyside, and White River valley] |
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Cherry Creek (not shown on the map), south-east of Adaven (site), D 5 on the |
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Nevada map [1] (Cherry Creek, Cherry Creek Summit, NDOT Quad map 8-2) |
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[not to be confused with the well-known Cherry Creek in White Pine County] |
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Sunnyside, D 5 on the Nevada map [1], NDOT Quad map 8-3, and note [11] |
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[George Lewis’ ranch was in Sunnyside, despite 1880 census “Cherry Creek”] |
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White River valley, D 5 on the Nevada map [1], NDOT Quad map 8-3, and [10] |
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[White River valley] “Ranchers and stockmen were immediately attracted to the |
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lush pasturelands and from the 1860's to the late 1890's a number of ranches were |
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established. . . To the south in what is now Nye County, George Lewis, Jacob Moon, |
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Lewis Tucker and the two Riordan brothers . . . were among the early settlers.” |
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White River Valley Then and Now 1898-1980, second edition, Oct. 1987, Melayne |
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Printing, Provo, Utah, pg. 9; Las Vegas Regional FHC library, Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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“Sunnyside was, and is, a small settlement in the southern part of the White River |
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Valley. It started as a ranch owned by a man named Horton. He built the ranch in the |
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1880's, and soon a small settlement surrounded it. A Post Office, with Mary Horton |
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as postmaster, opened on July 10, 1880, and served the whole White River valley. |
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The small settlement never really grew, but it did have a small mercantile store that |
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provided supplies for the many ranches in the valley.” |
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Preserving the Glory Days, Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada, |
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Shawn Hall, 1981, 1999, pub. Univ. of Nevada Press, Reno / Las Vegas, pgs.110-111. |
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[Land] “State of Nevada . . . to George Lewis of Nye County Nevada . . . $323 . . |
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southeast quarter of Section 35 Township 7 N Range 61 East [160 acres] . . . |
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west half of northeast quarter Section 2 Township 6 N Range 61 East [80 acres] . . . |
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east half of southwest quarter Section 2 Township 6 N Range 61 East [80 acres] . . .” |
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[T 6-7 N R 61 E] 5 September 1879, Nye County, Nevada; Application No. 657, |
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[State of Nevada] Register's Certificate No. 1343, Carson City 5 Sept. 1879 . . . |
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Nye County, Deed Books, Book L pg.240, recorded May 29th AD 1883 |
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[Land] “. . . eighth day of October 1880 . . . between E. J. Travis and Hannah P. |
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Travis his wife . . . and George Lewis party of the second part . . . $5000 gold coin |
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. . . two certain tracts of land [first tract] north half of southeast quarter [80 acres] |
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and southeast quarter of the northeast quarter [40 acres] Section 32 and southwest |
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quarter of northwest quarter [40 acres] Section 33 all in Township 7 N Range 62 East |
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[and second tract] west half of the southeast quarter [80 acres] Section 29 and |
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north half of the northwest quarter [80 acres] Section 32 . . . all in Township 7 N |
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Range 62 East” . . . [and water rights] “and also all the water and water rights |
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flowing from or connected with what is known as and called the Flag Spring. . . “ |
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[E. J. Travis] State of Nevada / County of Eureka / 8 October 1880 |
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[T 7 N R 62 E] Nye County, Deed Books, Bk K pg.333 recorded Oct. 26th AD 1880 |
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[Ed. Note: Flag Spring can be found on NDOT Quad map 8-3, in the Sunnyside area.] |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XVII n.1 / January 2009 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2009-06 |