Friday, June 01, 2012

Nevada Historical Marker #199

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Camels in Dayton
Nevada Historical Marker #199

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This landmark is located at 225 Pike Street, Dayton, Nevada. There are 18 other historical markers in Lyon County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 14.320 W 119° 35.480.

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Nevada Historical Marker #199

CAMELS IN DAYTON

Camels were imported into the United States for military purposes in the mid-1850s. Lt. Edward Beale of the U.S.Army tested the animals for possible caravan operations in the deserts of the southwest. The experiment was not successful and the camels were auctioned off. Some were brought here to haul wood and salt to the mines and mills of the Comstock. They were corraled behind this stone building, known as the Leslie Hay Barn. Used extensively between Sacramento and Nevada points for some ten years, the camels were later abandoned to fend for themselves. Few were seen after the 1880s.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 199
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Nevada Historical Marker #199

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