I'm not familiar with the history of the area having never wandered down in that area, but a quick check shows that it may be the Las Vegas Wash during the spring.
Hush, Elmo. You're making too much sense. It's the same way in the part of the Valley I came from. If you saw a Cottonwood, you know there's a spring in the immediate area.
Cottonwoods are like weeds. Give them the slightest source of water and they grow like... well, weeds. I like when their blossoms waft through the air like a gentle snowfall. It's a pretty sight. I wouldn't want to live around them, but I sure like to see them make a mess for somebody else to clean up.
The property I lived on near Riverbank City of Action had a huge Cottonwood between the house and hay barn and it was a mess during the late spring. That sticky shit got everywhere - all over my truck, inside the truck, and inside the house when the wind was coming from the southwest.
Karen's Mini-Market in Penntucky has a few big Cottonwoods behind it and the redneck gal that worked there used to curse every time she'd try to sweep them out of the store. She hated those trees, but I had to chuckle every time she'd go into her routine. She hated the flies, too. Whenever she'd try to swat one, she'd profess her hatred of them and call them 'maggots with wings'. She was a hoot.
A history of the Cali gold rush I read mentioned a short-lived town in Cali called Las Vegas in the mountains of Eastern central California. This might be that area, misidentified. John in Indy
I've crawled all over that area and I've never heard of it. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's not familiar to me. I'll do some research later today.
I can't speak to the authenticity of the photograph but Las Vegas was settled because there were artesian wells there. Water was not a problem. As I recall, it wasn't until hotels started drilling their own wells that the artesian wells dried up. That would have been almost 100 years of town history with water just bubbling from the ground.
I would much rather visit that setting than the shithole it is now!
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ReplyDeleteI'm throwing up the BS flag...I see standing water.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the history of the area having never wandered down in that area, but a quick check shows that it may be the Las Vegas Wash during the spring.
DeleteWrong type of trees for Nevada desert, could this be a Northern Nevada/California gold claim mid 19th century?
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The tree is pretty out of character for a near desert area. I agree gold claim photo mis-titled.
DeleteCould be Cottonwoods. They grow in just about every wash in the Nothern Nevada desert, especially along the Truckee and Carson Rivers.
DeleteHush, Elmo. You're making too much sense.
DeleteIt's the same way in the part of the Valley I came from. If you saw a Cottonwood, you know there's a spring in the immediate area.
Cottonwoods are like weeds. Give them the slightest source of water and they grow like... well, weeds.
DeleteI like when their blossoms waft through the air like a gentle snowfall. It's a pretty sight.
I wouldn't want to live around them, but I sure like to see them make a mess for somebody else to clean up.
The property I lived on near Riverbank City of Action had a huge Cottonwood between the house and hay barn and it was a mess during the late spring. That sticky shit got everywhere - all over my truck, inside the truck, and inside the house when the wind was coming from the southwest.
DeleteKaren's Mini-Market in Penntucky has a few big Cottonwoods behind it and the redneck gal that worked there used to curse every time she'd try to sweep them out of the store. She hated those trees, but I had to chuckle every time she'd go into her routine.
DeleteShe hated the flies, too. Whenever she'd try to swat one, she'd profess her hatred of them and call them 'maggots with wings'. She was a hoot.
A history of the Cali gold rush I read mentioned a short-lived town in Cali called Las Vegas in the mountains of Eastern central California. This might be that area, misidentified.
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I've crawled all over that area and I've never heard of it. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's not familiar to me. I'll do some research later today.
DeleteI can't speak to the authenticity of the photograph but Las Vegas was settled because there were artesian wells there. Water was not a problem. As I recall, it wasn't until hotels started drilling their own wells that the artesian wells dried up. That would have been almost 100 years of town history with water just bubbling from the ground.
ReplyDeleteI love it when folks offer up written "opinions" without doing any real research.
ReplyDeleteIf you Google Search: "Image of the Las Vegas area in 1895" - The photo in question is one of the many that show up.
It is now called Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. 680 aces that's a literal oasis in the desert. It's beautiful.
DeleteThat's the only Las Vegas I'd ever want to visit.
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