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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4P_carson-colorado-railroad_Dayton-NV.html
By 1880 the ores of the Comstock had dwindled and the men who founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and owned most of the mills on the Comstock needed to restore their high level profits. Mining bonanzas in the southern deserts set a plan afoot …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKV_odeon-saloon-billiard-parlour-dayton-lodge-no-5-i-o-o-f_Dayton-NV.html
The first community building was built by the Odd Fellows in 1863 costing $30,000. Lodge offices and Hall were on the second floor. The Odeon Saloon and Billiard Parlour occupied the west side of the street floor, hosting such notables as Mark Twa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKC_union-hotel-post-office_Dayton-NV.html
The original Union Hotel was located across the street. It was rebuilt here in 1870 after a fire destroyed the old hotel. The former post office site originally housed the dining room and barber shop. The freestanding rock wall is the original wal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKB_halls-station_Dayton-NV.html
Spafford Hall built this station and trading post in the early 1850's to accommodate emigrants bound for California. Hall, who was the first permanent settler, was severely injured in a hunting accident in 1854 and sold the station to one of his e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OK6_dedicated-to-old-virginny_Dayton-NV.html
Born in Virginia in 1817, an often-inebriated prospector named James Finney was known as "Old Virginia" or "Old Virginny" to his friends. He lived in a tent dug into the side of the hill, which would become known as Johntown, located two miles fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OK3_in-memory-of-old-virginny_Dayton-NV.html
James Finney, State of Virginia native, died Chinatown Dayton June 20, 1861. About 44 years old, one of the first placer gold miners in Gold Canon, arriving in 1850 or 1851. Old Virginny was so revered by other Comstock miners, they named Vrginia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OIQ_dayton-cemetery_Dayton-NV.html
Founded in 1851, this is one of the oldest constantly maintained cemeteries in the State of Nevada. The trail to the Mother Lode passed directly in front and the wagon tracks can still be seen with careful observation.
James Finney (Ole Virgini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJY_the-pony-express_Dayton-NV.html
Dayton was an important point on the Pony Express route. The site of the old station is approximately 200 yards northwest near the old firehouse.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJX_chinatown_Dayton-NV.html
The first Chinese were brought to this site in 1856 to build the "Reese" ditch from the Carson River to the entrance of Gold Canyon. The ditch was used for placer mining. The Chinese soon began reworking the placers, earning a living from those ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJW_dayton_Dayton-NV.html
Dayton, one of the earliest settlements in Nevada was first known as a stopping place on the river for California-bound pioneers. Coming in from the desert they rested here before continuing westward.
In 1849, gold was found at the mouth of Go…