Paiute Meadows

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Paiute Meadows is a ranch located on the northeast arm of the Black Rock Desert.

In the 1870s E. W. Crutcher owned Paiute or Piute Meadows.[1]

In 1879, a Chinese man was killed in a case of justifiable homicide at Paiute Meadows.[1]

Miller and Lux owned Paiute Meadows in 1911.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Struggle with a Lunatic," Silver State, Winnemucca, June 16, 1879, p. 6.
  2. "The Indian Massacre of 1911", Mack, Effie Mona, p. 42, 1968.
  3. Frank Vernon Perry, "The Last Indian Uprising In The United States," Winter, 1972, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly.