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The Granite Creek Ranch is located on Highway 34 before [[Fly Ranch]]. At one time, Granite Creek Ranch was known as Granite Creek Station and [[Camp McKee]]. In March, 1865, an Indian and three whites were murdered at Granit Creek Station.
The Granite Creek Ranch is located on Highway 34 before [[Fly Ranch]].   At one time, Granite Creek Ranch was known as Granite Creek Station and [[Camp McKee]]. Granite Creek Station was established in 1864.  In March, 1865, an Indian and three whites were murdered at Granite Creek Station.  Litch abandoned the station in 1867.


=== External Resources ===
=== External Resources ===
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** Granite Creek: A post office in [[Roop County]]: July 13, 1866 - August 6, 1867 (FTM p. 12)
** Granite Creek: A post office in [[Roop County]]: July 13, 1866 - August 6, 1867 (FTM p. 12)
** Granite Creek: A mining district named by [[James Raser]] and James D. Murray.  The name was changed to [[Donnelly District]] in August 1902. (DM)
** Granite Creek: A mining district named by [[James Raser]] and James D. Murray.  The name was changed to [[Donnelly District]] in August 1902. (DM)
* Asa Merrill Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA368&ots=P_NKd6mJzu&dq=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&pg=PA368#v=onepage&q=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&f=false Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California,]"
* Asa Merrill Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA368&ots=P_NKd6mJzu&dq=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&pg=PA368#v=onepage&q=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&f=false Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California.]" (1916)
** p. 368.  "The Murder of Lucius Arcularius"
** p. 368.  "The Murder of Lucius Arcularius"
*** "During the winter of 1864-65, the Granite Creek Station on the road between Shaffer's and the Humboldt River was owned by Andrew Litch ... and Lucius Arcularius"
*** "During the winter of 1864-65, the Granite Creek Station on the road between Shaffer's and the Humboldt River was owned by Andrew Litch ... and Lucius Arcularius"
*** Lucius Arcularius was murdered near March 1, 1864 near Wall spring.  After finding his body, the search party went back to Granite Creek station "and fixed up a box and came back and buried him."
*** Lucius Arcularius was murdered near March 1, 1864 near Wall spring.  After finding his body, the search party went back to Granite Creek station "and fixed up a box and came back and buried him."
*** Find-A-Grave, "[http://image2.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97610163 Edward Arcularius,]" "Lucius ARCULARIUS, born 1838 (1850 Census - Hampton Twp). Family legend says that Lucius went out to California for the Gold Rush in the late 1840s, wrote home saying that he had found gold, and was never heard from again. However, since he was born in 1838 according to the 1850 Census (living in Hampton CO), it's unlikely. Or he'd have to have gone around the mid-1850s, pretty late in the game."
*** Find-A-Grave, "[http://image2.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97610163 Edward Arcularius,]" "Lucius ARCULARIUS, born 1838 (1850 Census - Hampton Twp). Family legend says that Lucius went out to California for the Gold Rush in the late 1840s, wrote home saying that he had found gold, and was never heard from again. However, since he was born in 1838 according to the 1850 Census (living in Hampton CO), it's unlikely. Or he'd have to have gone around the mid-1850s, pretty late in the game."
*** "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Dw41AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA290&ots=UgrV1EOevG&dq=Lucius%20Arcularius&pg=PA291#v=onepage&q=Lucius%20Arcularius&f=false A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People,]" p. 290 states that on the same night that Lucius Arcularius was killed that two other men (George Thayer and an unknown man were killed on the [[Honey Lake Road]].
*** "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Dw41AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA290&ots=UgrV1EOevG&dq=Lucius%20Arcularius&pg=PA291#v=onepage&q=Lucius%20Arcularius&f=false A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People,]" (1904) p. 290 states that on the same night that Lucius Arcularius was killed that two other men (George Thayer and an unknown man were killed on the [[Honey Lake Road]].
*** "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Dw41AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA290&ots=UgrV1EOevG&dq=Lucius%20Arcularius&pg=PA425#v=onepage&q=Granite%20Station&f=false A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People,]" (1904) p. 425.  Description of Andrew Litch, who established Granite Station in 1864.
** Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA368&ots=P_NKd6mJzu&dq=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&pg=PA369#v=onepage&q=Massacre%20at%20Granite%20Creek%20Station&f=false Massacre at Granite Creek Station,]" p. 369. Excellent description of the murder of an Indian and then three whites: A. J. Curry, Cyrus Creele and Al Simmons.
** Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA368&ots=P_NKd6mJzu&dq=%22Lucius%20Arcularius%22&pg=PA369#v=onepage&q=Massacre%20at%20Granite%20Creek%20Station&f=false Massacre at Granite Creek Station,]" p. 369. Excellent description of the murder of an Indian and then three whites: A. J. Curry, Cyrus Creele and Al Simmons.
* [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/heres-my-pix/7829114936/ Theresa and little Joe Ugalde at Granite Ranch July 1941] (Photo)
* Joe Blackwell, "[https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ihi04rPhay4rIhlWMHPaUtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0 Granite Ranch Gerlach]" (Photo)
* Joe Blackwell, "[https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ihi04rPhay4rIhlWMHPaUtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0 Granite Ranch Gerlach]" (Photo)
* Sessions S. Wheeler, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=gBYUBc-O4OgC&lpg=PA157&dq=Granite%20Ranch%20Gerlach&pg=PA157#v=onepage&q=Granite%20Ranch%20Gerlach&f=false The Black Rock Desert]," p 157.  The Granite Ranch was bought by Louis Gerlach in the 1890s.
* Sessions S. Wheeler, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=gBYUBc-O4OgC&lpg=PA157&dq=Granite%20Ranch%20Gerlach&pg=PA157#v=onepage&q=Granite%20Ranch%20Gerlach&f=false The Black Rock Desert]," p 157.  The Granite Ranch was bought by Louis Gerlach in the 1890s.
* [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/heres-my-pix/7829114936/ Theresa and little Joe Ugalde at Granite Ranch July 1941] (Photo)
* Joe Ugalde owned Granite Ranch for many years.
* Joe Ugalde owned Granite Ranch for many years.
** [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19750816&id=I_lYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VkYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699,2739247 Residents buy town], August 16, 1975, Victoria Advocate.  Joe Ugalde quoted.
** [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19750816&id=I_lYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VkYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699,2739247 Residents buy town], August 16, 1975, Victoria Advocate.  Joe Ugalde quoted.
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Death on the Desert" (from the Reno Journal), August 11, 1889, p. 12.  [[Louis Dean]] reports the death of a L.H. Long from Roseburg, Oregon.  Long died within two miles of Granite Station.  "He had wandered back within site of the ranch - probably delirious, looking for water.  The ground was torn and dug up in every direction."
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Death on the Desert" (from the Reno Journal), August 11, 1889, p. 12.  [[Louis Dean]] reports the death of a L.H. Long from Roseburg, Oregon.  Long died within two miles of Granite Station.  "He had wandered back within site of the ranch - probably delirious, looking for water.  The ground was torn and dug up in every direction."

Revision as of 07:11, 31 December 2013

The Granite Creek Ranch is located on Highway 34 before Fly Ranch. At one time, Granite Creek Ranch was known as Granite Creek Station and Camp McKee. Granite Creek Station was established in 1864. In March, 1865, an Indian and three whites were murdered at Granite Creek Station. Litch abandoned the station in 1867.

External Resources

  • GNIS: Old Granite Creek Station (historical) Map
    • Citation: "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1895"
    • Alternate: Camp McKee, "'Nevada': 1881, scale 1 inch=24 miles. A photocopy with no additional information available, Nevada Historical Society document."
  • Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 126
  • Asa Merrill Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California." (1916)
    • p. 368. "The Murder of Lucius Arcularius"
      • "During the winter of 1864-65, the Granite Creek Station on the road between Shaffer's and the Humboldt River was owned by Andrew Litch ... and Lucius Arcularius"
      • Lucius Arcularius was murdered near March 1, 1864 near Wall spring. After finding his body, the search party went back to Granite Creek station "and fixed up a box and came back and buried him."
      • Find-A-Grave, "Edward Arcularius," "Lucius ARCULARIUS, born 1838 (1850 Census - Hampton Twp). Family legend says that Lucius went out to California for the Gold Rush in the late 1840s, wrote home saying that he had found gold, and was never heard from again. However, since he was born in 1838 according to the 1850 Census (living in Hampton CO), it's unlikely. Or he'd have to have gone around the mid-1850s, pretty late in the game."
      • "A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People," (1904) p. 290 states that on the same night that Lucius Arcularius was killed that two other men (George Thayer and an unknown man were killed on the Honey Lake Road.
      • "A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People," (1904) p. 425. Description of Andrew Litch, who established Granite Station in 1864.
    • Fairfield, "Massacre at Granite Creek Station," p. 369. Excellent description of the murder of an Indian and then three whites: A. J. Curry, Cyrus Creele and Al Simmons.
  • Joe Blackwell, "Granite Ranch Gerlach" (Photo)
  • Sessions S. Wheeler, "The Black Rock Desert," p 157. The Granite Ranch was bought by Louis Gerlach in the 1890s.
  • Theresa and little Joe Ugalde at Granite Ranch July 1941 (Photo)
  • Joe Ugalde owned Granite Ranch for many years.
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Death on the Desert" (from the Reno Journal), August 11, 1889, p. 12. Louis Dean reports the death of a L.H. Long from Roseburg, Oregon. Long died within two miles of Granite Station. "He had wandered back within site of the ranch - probably delirious, looking for water. The ground was torn and dug up in every direction."