After John H. Gregory followed Clear Creek into the area and found gold, miners flowed in by the thousands, first establishing Central City. On its heels, Nevadaville was established a couple of miles above Central City and was first called Nevada City. However, when the community gained a post office, it was called Bald Mountain to avoid confusion with other Nevadas and Nevadavilles. But most people continued to call the settlement Nevada, Nevada City, or Nevadaville. Nevada is a Spanish word meaning “snow-clad” or “snowy land.”
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That’s my hood Kenny. Go Jeeping for the day, visit ghost towns and old mines then stop in BH or CC and a get a bite to eat and throw down some craps for a few minutes before heading into shithole Denver.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I didn't know Nevada meant slow clad, most of the state of Nevada that I've been to is in the southern part where it's mostly hot desert....
ReplyDeleteAlso I wonder how things would be different if the guys that first find the gold, silver or whatever, would have kept quiet about it until they had collected all they wanted..
I guess good luck and rotgut whisky is a bad combination
JD
Remember, the Donner Party site is less than 15 miles from the State line. Nevada winters in the high desert can be downright brutal.
DeleteThe only problem with most prospecting is that the guys that are doing it are dirt poor and it takes big bucks to develop a mine enough to be profitable. They'll find a site that's assaying out rich, then they'll sell it off to somebody that has the capital to work it. I don't think I've ever heard of any big mine that was owned by the guy who actually discovered gold or silver at the site.
Oh I've been in Nevada when it was cold but snow never entered my mind, good point though.
DeleteI was just thinking out loud on the second point,... You know, damn Clem looky here at all this color, ,let's go have a drink or 10 to celebrate.... Naturally at about drink 6 or 7 one blurts out, there's gold in dem dere hills just before he gets shot by his friend...
Hey, I never said I was right in the head...
JD