(rshsdepot) Dayton, NV

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From the Nevada Appeal.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Some big changes to the old railroad  station

 
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Ruby McFarland
For the Appeal
January 25, 2008, 4:01 AM


In the immediate future you will be reading and hearing a lot more  about the 
Carson-Colorado Railroad Station in Dayton. The Dayton Valley Historic  
Society are the stewards of the building at the corner of Highway 50 and Main  
Street in Dayton. 

Right now the Old Station is hidden behind the  trappings that made the 
station a residence for Chester & Helen Barton. It  was moved from its original 
location in 1954. Chester bought the building from  Tom and Wilma Allingham in 
1950 for $2,000. 

The new highway through  Dayton would have made it necessary to tear down the 
building, so it was  moved.

The old alignment of Highway 50 through Dayton followed Pike  Street to Main 
Street up to River Street and on toward Carson City.

Right  now there is a movement a foot to restore the Old Station to its 
original  condition as the C&C Railroad Station. 

It's going to be an asset to  Dayton. In the near future you will see a lot 
of action around the old building.  

Anyone wishing to help in restoration or cleaning up the property can  call 
one of the numbers at the end of this article for more information.  

We need all the help available. Money donated will also go towards  
restoration as well. Watch for fundraising opportunities. We need to save all of  our 
old buildings in Dayton. The depot will act as the gateway to Dayton and the  
Comstock.

The Carson-Colorado Railroad ran from Mound House to Keeler,  Calif.

It was a narrow gauge railroad, meaning that the rails were only 3  feet 
apart, not the standard 4.5 feet.

Some of the names of the  developers of the road were Henry M. Yerington, 
Duane L. Bliss, Captain S.P.  Smith and the major financer William Sharon, mine 
owner in Virginia City. He  also was co-founder of the Bank of California.

The railroad ran from  April 18, 1881, until 1934 when most of the rails were 
removed through Dayton.  Although a couple of our HSDV members have walked or 
driven the old rail bed,  little of it is visible to people passing by. 

One of the reasons it  closed was that it never produced what was expected 
and also the closing of the  many mines along the way.

The Dayton Museum is located on Shady Lane and  Logan in Old Town Dayton. The 
Web site is daytonnvhistory.org. Group tours are  available. Call 246-5543, 
246-0462 or 246-0441.



• Ruby McFarland  has lived in Dayton since October 1987, she serves as a 
board member of the  Dayton historical society and a docent at the  museum.




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