CARP

NAME: Carp
COUNTY: Lincoln
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot summer days, mild to raw winter days.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime. 		COMMENTS: Beautiful drive along Meadow Valley Wash. Very rural and remote, especially approaching from I-15 from the south along dirt roads.
REMAINS: Active railroad siding, abandoned water reservoir.
Carp is located in the lower Meadow Valley Wash 35 miles south of Caliente. Its history is tied in with the Union Pacific Railroad. The post office started under the name of Carpsdale June 29, 1918, but was rescinded. It then officially opened under the name of Cliffdale June 7, 1921 and changing to Carp December 1, 1925. Carp PO remained to serve rural ranches until July 1, 1974; although it was out of business for nearly a year before it was discontinued. Little remains except a railroad siding usually occupied by idling trains awaiting passage of a train traveling in the opposite direction on the busy transcontinental route, and the remains of the watering reservoir. Submitted by: David A. Wright - Great Basin Research


Carp Siding, April 13, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright


Water reservoir, Carp Siding. April 13, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright


Waiting Union Pacific train on Carp Siding. April 13, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright


Carp Siding, water reservoir. Sunset illuminates a thunderstorm in progress to the north. April 13, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright

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