| 词条 | Palisade, Nevada | |||||
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|name = Palisade, Nevada |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = 2014-06-21 16 02 41 View of Palisade, Nevada from just north of Nevada State Route 781 (Palisade Bridge)-cropped.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = Nevada |pushpin_label = Palisade |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Nevada |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = Location within Eureka county |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Nevada |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Eureka |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = Pacific (PST) |utc_offset = -8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = -7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |coordinates = {{coord|40|36|37|N|116|11|55|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes ={{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Nevada Historical Marker|designation1_number=65}} }} Palisade (originally called Palisades) is located in Eureka County in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada, in the western United States. It is about {{convert|10|mi|0}} south of Carlin, and about {{convert|33|mi}} southwest of Elko. Although now a virtual ghost town, it had a rich history following construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The town takes its name from Palisade Canyon[1] (also called "12-Mile" and "10-Mile Canyon"), an important obstacle to the construction and operation of the railroad, which lies to the west. HistoryThe Palisade community was founded in 1868 as a station on the Central Pacific Railroad. It soon became the transportation hub for Mineral Hill, Hamilton Eureka and other eastern Nevada mining camps. A post office was established at Palisade in May 1870. After the Eureka and Palisade Railroad was established here in 1874, Palisade's population dramatically expanded. Houses and commercial stores were built and by the end of the 1870's, the town had multiple hotels, saloons, other businesses and residences. A school was built and the town had two churches. The local population reached 600.[2][3] Palisade was the site of an elaborate hoax during the early 1870s, probably to boost tourism. Whenever a train arrived, the residents were said to stage rampant gunfights and bank robberies. Nobody was privy to knowledge of the hoax except the residents, and the showmanship died off after several years. In reality, crime in Palisade was low and the town did not have a sheriff.[4][5][6] By 1882, the town had a new trains station and telegraph office. The new station was used by both railroads. After 1885, the Eureka mines declined, as well as commercial train activity. With the decline of the railroad, and the loss of jobs, people in town started to move away. In 1908, a third railroad began running thru town when the Western Pacific built its line to transport people and goods to northern Nevada. In 1910, flooding destroyed most of the town and damaged all three railroad lines. The town never regained its success after the flooding of 1910.[3] In 1932, according to legend, Palisade may have been the site of a possible assassination attempt on the life of President Herbert Hoover. Shortly before Hoover's train was to pass through the town, one railroad inspector said he encountered a vagrant by a trestle with 22 sticks of dynamite. Two men skirmished with the inspector and then fled, but another inspector disputed the story and said the vagrant did not have dynamite.[7][8] The Palisade post office was discontinued in 1961.[2] Since the 1920s, the town was owned by relatives of Atlanta businessman John Sexton, who sold the entire town at auction on April 26, 2005, in San Francisco. The town was sold to an unidentified bidder for $150,000. Sexton, who had not visited Palisade for some 35 years, said he sold the town to raise college tuition money for his daughter.[7] GalleryReferences{{Portal|Nevada}}1. ^{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=35}} 2. ^1 {{GNIS|864749|name=Palisade Post Office (historical)}} 3. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Paher |first1=Stanley W |title=Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps |date=1970 |publisher=Howell North |pages=190—193}} 4. ^Lindskoog, Kathryn. Fakes, Frauds & Other Malarkey. Pasadena: Hope, 1993, 44. 5. ^{{cite web |title=How Did Palisades in Eureka County Nevada Stage a Hoax to Attract Tourists in the 1870s? |author= |publisher= |date= |url=http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/how-did-palisades-in-eureka-county-nevada-stage-a-hoax-to-attract-tourists-in-the-1870s |accessdate=March 13, 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Palisade guide |author= |publisher= |date= |url=http://www.at-usa.com/Nevada/Localities/P/Palisade/ |accessdate=March 13, 2012}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |title=Unknown buyer pays $150,000 for Palisade, Nev., at S.F. auction |author= |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 27, 2005 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/27/MNG66CFU981.DTL |accessdate=March 13, 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=9 Towns for Sale |author= |publisher=ABC News |date=March 12, 2012 |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/towns-wyoming-france-sale/story?id=15827223#9 |accessdate=March 13, 2012}} External links
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