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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
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1bc3t235
Details
Subject
Carriages and carts
People
Horses
Place
Gold Point (historical)
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Arrival of the stage from Stonewall Station on the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, Hornsilver, Nevada, 1908 June
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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Digital Provenance
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Extent
2901 x 2187 pixels
4.84 x 3.65 inches
19,038,208 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff