“Buster Falls, Nevada”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

Buster Falls, Nevada

释义

History
Site today
References

Buster Falls, now a ghost town, was a mining camp in El Dorado Canyon above Huse Spring and the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District during the time of the American Civil War. The source of the name of the camp is unknown. Its site lay along the canyon a mile above the site of Lucky Jim Camp.^[1]^[2]{{rp|15, and Note 33}}^[3]{{rp|611}} The site would be just above the El Dorado Canyon's confluence with Copper Canyon.^[4]

History

Founded in 1862, during the time of the American Civil War, Buster Falls was the home of miners sympathetic to the Union cause. A mile down the canyon at the foot of the Techatticup Mine, lay Lucky Jim Camp, the home of miners sympathetic to the Confederate cause.^[2]{{rp|15, and Note 33}} ^[3]{{rp|611}}

Site today

This site appears to be currently occupied by buildings 0.4 miles southwest of the center of Nelson, Nevada on Nevada State Route 165.

References

1. ^{{GNIS|847145|Lucky Jim Camp}}
2. ^¹John M. Townley, Early Development of El Dorado Canyon and Searchlight Mining Districts, NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, SPRING 1968, VOLUME XI Number 1, Nevada Historical Society, Reno, 1968
3. ^¹James Graves Scrugham, Nevada: A Narrative of the Conquest of a Frontier Land, Vol. 1, American Historical Society, Chicago, 1935
4. ^{{GNIS|839669|Copper Canyon}}

5 : Populated places established in 1862|Ghost towns in Clark County, Nevada|Arizona Territory|Former populated places in Nevada|1862 establishments in New Mexico Territory

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。