Carson Sink and Nevada's Growing Fertile Valleys
A Nevada letter from Carson City dated May 10, 1893 extols the Carson Sink region as a cradle of growth. It notes rivers like the Carson feeding fertile valleys Mason, Carson, and Lovelock, with rising fruit crops, apples, plums, peaches, and pears. Potatoes and alfalfa bolster stock raising while Nevada’s climate, free of fog, promises continuing agricultural progress and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canson
Carson
Sierras
Nevada
Neva
Mason Valley
Carson Valley
Lovelock
Lovelocks
Careon City
San Francico
Human Cafe
Lamy
New Orleans
Edstor
Settlement in the vale offers water abundant and mild climate
The writer extols a fertile valley as a favorable settlement with surface water, mild winters, and ample soil. notes irrigation potential, appealing to farmers and travelers. Mentions a Sabbath-observant Adventist community led by Rev Clement Chshman, welcoming strangers, and warns that agitation precedes improvement while urging subscription to the Distarce.
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Apota
Nevada
California
Cain
Clement Chshman
Min
Local Shops Advertise Goods and Remedies in Crossroad Market
A fragmented page lists cigars, fruits, household goods, wood, and car care items from A. W Macpherson Fowler J A Gregory Lange Schmitt and R H Cowles. Also noted are wall oils varnish paints lawn mowers and pest control products with daily cash prices and dubious museum anecdote from St Louis Republic.
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Lange Deisel Schmitt
Reno
Old Museum
Berlin
William II
St. Louis Republic
Oae
R. H. Cowles
Lange &°Schmitt
Renozy
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B. H. Richardson, M. D
Wadsworth
DR. P. Harmony
E. A. Jackman, M. D
Wadsworth,new
Ofc Nena
Houwe
C. Phelps
New Nevada Bank
Reso, Nevada
Will
Platea
David W Rllison
D.D
The
College of Death
University of California
Greenlaw, D. 1
Virginia Street
Ferd A. Sloss
San Francisco
Deacar
Nishes
Nevada House
J. Hodgkinson
Reno, Nevada
Pioneer Dairy
T. G. Herman, Paoprixtor
Callon
WM. Pierson
Wadsworth, Neva
Wadsworth Dispatch
Dispatch Publishing CO
Careter
Churchill County
Ouroon
Riverside Dairy
Procter
Brooks McClane
Wadsworth -O- Nevada
First Clans
Siva
Bruttaro
I Organs
Beatty
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.d
Hy Pirneos
Nev
A. W Macpherson
Fowler's
J. A. Gregory's
R. H.cowles
Griswold
Lange & Schmitt
E. Olinghouss
Davie
Neal
Reso Mit. & Lew Co
Desrarcn
W. Sanders
Undertaker
Virginia St
Lodge Waties
Wadsworth Lodge
John Schwandt
N. G
John Boott
Pyramid Lodge
Pythias
Jagtle
Win. Mullen, K. of
E. Griswold
General Merchandise
P. Russack & CO
Herman
T. G. Herman
Masonic
Carl Wallstar
Main Street
Pike & Wightman, Proprietors
Winchester
Macon
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