(rshsdepot) [Fwd: Schurz, Nevada]

[Jim Dent <jdent_@_erols.com>]

JoEllen is not on the list, respond directly to her if you can help.

JoEllen Broome wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> I am trying to find more detail on the naming of the Schurz Station
> above Hawthorne, Nevada. It was a stop for the Carson & Colorado
> Railroad a narrow gauge railroad built between 1880-1883 and all the
> successive owners of the line since then. Eventually, the station name
> became the townsite name on the Walker River Paiute Reservation. I found
> a reference to the name "Schurz Station" in an 1885 Indian Agent's
> report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.I am almost certain it's
> named in honor of Carl Schurz the Secretary of the Interior from 1878 to
> 1882 (I think). I would like to find out more details if possible. Do
> you have any suggestions? I've checked Nevada Place Names and the Nevada
> Guide (part of the Series on states compiled in the 1930s). I have the
> books on the C & C railroads too. Did railroads have "naming" committees
> for the depot stops on their routes? This is for a Ph.D. dissertation I
> am writing. Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you,
> JoEllen Broome solibjb_@_gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu

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