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Photograph of Chief Tecopa and Della Fisk with others, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date
1880 to 1919
Description
The man wearing the top hat is Chief Tecopa. Della Fisk is holding his arm. A group of unidentified people are surrounding them. Wagons and horses are visible in the background. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.

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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855

Date
1855
Description
29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .

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Map of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, 1855

Date
1855
Description
29 x 36 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Office of the U.S. for the Southern. Dist. of New York." Hand colored. Decorative border. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 67. Shows routes of explorers, proposed railroad routes, wagon route, mail route, Indian reserves and mines. On verso: History and statistical view of Mexico. Original publisher: J.H. Colton.

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Lynch, Agnes, 1910-1992

Agnes Lynch was born as Nora Agnes Waggoner on May 5, 1910. She married Charles “Denny” Lynch Sr. in 1929 and the two later moved to Pahrump Valley, Nevada in 1976. She died September 8, 1992.

Sources:

Genealogy files about "Charles D. Lynch." Accessed on January 31, 2020 on Familysearch.org.

“Charles ‘Denny’ Lynch.” Gateway Gazette. November 16, 1995. Accessed January 16, 2020. http://pah.stparchive.com/Archive/PAH/PAH11161995P21.php?tags=denny|lynch

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Lynch, Agnes, 1910-1992

Agnes Lynch was born as Nora Agnes Waggoner on May 5, 1910. She married Charles “Denny” Lynch Sr. in 1929 and the two later moved to Pahrump Valley, Nevada in 1976. She died September 8, 1992.

Sources:

Genealogy files about "Charles D. Lynch." Accessed on January 31, 2020 on Familysearch.org.

“Charles ‘Denny’ Lynch.” Gateway Gazette. November 16, 1995. Accessed January 16, 2020. http://pah.stparchive.com/Archive/PAH/PAH11161995P21.php?tags=denny|lynch

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