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Hawthorne, NV

Walker Lake rail-junction town

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1880s-1900s rail-junction saloon, freighting.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Walker Lake

Pre-1900 Sanborn coverage of a Carson and Colorado railroad junction town at Walker Lake pairs a built-out townsite with a large historic lake.

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