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=== References ===
=== References ===
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:864758 GNIS].  As of May, 2013, refers to the old post office location.
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:864758 GNIS].  As of May, 2013, refers to the old post office location.
* Helen S. Carson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA119&ots=KPGyYd90uh&dq=old%20gerlach%20post%20office&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q=old%20gerlach%20post%20office&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p 119. "A Nevada post office, established October 27, 1909."
* [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/10111/4368900921/in/set-72157622455088065 Photo of Taylor and Heard Store]. The sign says "Gerlach Post Office."  The photo is undated, but appears to be from the 1930's.
* Peggy Trego, "[http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/desert-magazine/november-1960-40-wilderness-miles-north-gerlach-nevada The 40 Wilderness Miles North of Gerlach, Nevada]," Desert Magazine, November, 1960. "the post office is in the same building as the store."
* By the time the movie Far From Home was filmed in 1988, the post office was no longer in that location.
* RJ Smith, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=_o5qLt04pz4C&lpg=PA121&ots=uskcR6-Qkw&dq=%22old%20gerlach%20post%20office%22&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q=%22old%20gerlach%20post%20office%22&f=false Speed Freaks]," Spin Magazine, Jan. 1998, p 121.  "in the back room of the old Gerlach post office, Breedlove..."
* RJ Smith, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=_o5qLt04pz4C&lpg=PA121&ots=uskcR6-Qkw&dq=%22old%20gerlach%20post%20office%22&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q=%22old%20gerlach%20post%20office%22&f=false Speed Freaks]," Spin Magazine, Jan. 1998, p 121.  "in the back room of the old Gerlach post office, Breedlove..."

Revision as of 16:55, 25 May 2013

The old Post Office was at 390 Main St., which is currently the Burning Man office. Helen Thrasher was postmistress for many years. The old post office was also a general store.

The current Gerlach Post Office is at 345 E Sunset Blvd Gerlach, NV 89412, (775) 557-2333.

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