Trails to the Past of Nevada is accepting any
donations of genealogy materials that you may have
such as marriage announcements, news articles, old
obituaries, births, (you do not need the birth
certificate) just the information, and
biographies. If you have any of these items
please contact me Marie Miller the Nevada
State Administrator.
Its
county seat is Lovelock. The county was named
after army general John J. Pershing (1860-1948).
It was formed from Humboldt County in 1919, and
the last county to be established in Nevada.
The
settlement was founded in 1906 after gold was
discovered in Seven Troughs Canyon the prior year.
There was a rush of people to the area, and by
1907, the mining camp had a post office, hotel,
multiple saloons, stores and a population of 350.
A water system and school were built in 1908. The
settlement thrived until World War I, with the
robust production of the nearby Kindergarten mine
and mill. The local mines produced two millions
dollars in gold from 1908 to 1918. By 1918, the
post office had closed and the town declined to a
few transient miners. The photo is that of Seven
Troughs
On Line
Data
City Lovelock (county seat) Black
Rock City Census-designated places Grass
Valley Humboldt River
Ranch Imlay Unionville Other
unincorporated communities Many of the
following places are considered ghost towns.
Dun Glen/Chafey Etna Humboldt
City Mazuma Mill
City Rochester Scossa Seven
Troughs Star City Vernon
The
settlement was founded in 1906 after gold was
discovered in Seven Troughs Canyon the prior year.
There was a rush of people to the area, and by
1907, the mining camp had a post office, hotel,
multiple saloons, stores and a population of 350.
A water system and school were built in 1908. The
settlement thrived until World War I, with the
robust production of the nearby Kindergarten mine
and mill. The local mines produced two millions
dollars in gold from 1908 to 1918. By 1918, the
post office had closed and the town declined to a
few transient miners. The photo is that of Seven
Troughs
