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* [http://forums.ghosttowns.com/showthread.php?16840-Josie-Pearl-s-place-%28Nevada%29 Ghosttowns.com thread about Josie Pearl's place] "I had looked at a number of local maps and the location of her house is noted as PEARL CAMP on, imagine that, Pearl Camp Road, near Josie Pearl Spring northwest of Winnemucca. Approximate Location: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Josie_Pearl&params=41_31_44.58_N_118_49_45.73_W_region:US-UT_type:landmark LAT 41 31 44.58 N LON 118 49 45.73 W]
* [http://forums.ghosttowns.com/showthread.php?16840-Josie-Pearl-s-place-%28Nevada%29 Ghosttowns.com thread about Josie Pearl's place] "I had looked at a number of local maps and the location of her house is noted as PEARL CAMP on, imagine that, Pearl Camp Road, near Josie Pearl Spring northwest of Winnemucca. Approximate Location: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Josie_Pearl&params=41_31_44.58_N_118_49_45.73_W_region:US-UT_type:landmark LAT 41 31 44.58 N LON 118 49 45.73 W]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:841421 Josie Pearl Spring] [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=41.5275318&p_longi=-118.8417265&fid=841421 Map]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:841421 Josie Pearl Spring] [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=41.5275318&p_longi=-118.8417265&fid=841421 Map]
* The [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1760  Idaho Canyon Map (1965, Rp. 1967)] Shows Pearl Canyon, Josie Pearl Spring, Juanita Mine, Pearl Camp
* University of Nevada, Reno images of Josie Pearl by [[Gus Bundy]].  All the images are labeled "Josie Pearl - prospector-miner; Leonard Creek Ranch Road; 92 years old; August 1955".  However, Phillip Earl indicates that she was born on December 19, 1873 which would have put her at age 82.  Her headstone has her listed as being born on that date.
* University of Nevada, Reno images of Josie Pearl by [[Gus Bundy]].  All the images are labeled "Josie Pearl - prospector-miner; Leonard Creek Ranch Road; 92 years old; August 1955".  However, Phillip Earl indicates that she was born on December 19, 1873 which would have put her at age 82.  Her headstone has her listed as being born on that date.
** [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/spphotos,2442 UNRS-P1985-08-13167]  
** [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/spphotos,2442 UNRS-P1985-08-13167]  

Revision as of 08:34, 11 November 2013

Josie Pearl was a prospector who lived near the Leonard Creek Ranch. Josie Pearl (b. Dec. 19, 1873, d. Dec. 29, 1962) was a prospector who lived for many years in the Black Rock Range.

Schulmerich writes that Ernie Pyle wrote to Josie Pearl thirteen days before he died. Murbarger reports that it was thirteen hours.

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