SILVER CREEK

NAME: Silver Creek
COUNTY: Lander
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot summer, cool winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.
COMMENTS: Interesting country.
REMAINS: Nothing.

A forty-car siding was constructed by the Nevada Central Railroad in 1880 and a small settlement formed. A school was built and was used until 1914. The siding was used until 1938. Only a few collapsed wooden buildings mark the site today. Hundreds of railroad ties still embedded in the railroad right-of-way mark the Nevada Central Railroad. Scorpions call the site home.

Submitted by: Shawn Hall from his book Romancing Nevada's Past: Ghost Towns And Historic Sites Of Eureka, Lander, And White Pine Counties Click here to purchase his book!

 


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