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Note that there are two Smoke Creek Stations, one to the west of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]], the other to the east.
Note that there are two Smoke Creek Stations, one to the west of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]], the other to the east.


One is listed in the [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:850306 GNIS] as being "ruins with grave" at 40.5515682 -119.9507620.  This location is to the west of the Smoke Creek Desert and is on the stage road
One is listed in the [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/850306 GNIS] as being "ruins with grave" at 40.5515682 -119.9507620.  This location is to the west of the Smoke Creek Desert and is on the stage road
* Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA262&ots=P_OCd4uKAn&dq=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22%20railroad&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22%20railroad&f=false Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California,]" p. 261. "In the fall of 1861 J.H. Breed bought his brother's share of the Smoke Creek Station and probably got the part that belonged to Hines a little later on. He stayed there the following winter and in the spring sold out to I.J/ Harvey who had been employed to buy the property for a United States Army Post During the winter of 1862-63 William V. Kingsbury established a trading post at Smoke Creek and afterwards kept a station or hotel in connection with it. He stayed there until late in the 60's."  
* Fairfield, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA262&ots=P_OCd4uKAn&dq=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22%20railroad&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22%20railroad&f=false Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California,]" p. 261. "In the fall of 1861 J.H. Breed bought his brother's share of the Smoke Creek Station and probably got the part that belonged to [[Fred Hines | Hines]] a little later on. He stayed there the following winter and in the spring sold out to I.J. Harvey who had been employed to buy the property for a United States Army Post During the winter of 1862-63 William V. Kingsbury established a trading post at Smoke Creek and afterwards kept a station or hotel in connection with it. He stayed there until late in the 60's."  
* The 1876 Bancroft map has "Smoke Creek Depot" on the west side of the desert. <ref>[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~215908~5502250:California,-Nevada,-Utah-And-Arizon Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona], Published By A.L. Bancroft, & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal. 1876.</ref>
* In 1911, The Nevada Historical Society stated: "[[Roop]], which is also known as Smoke Creek is situated in the central portion of Washoe County on its western boundary line one hundred and twenty five miles from Reno.(footnote a: RL Polk & Co Nevada State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1907 1908)  Roop was settled about 1860 and took its name from Roop County which was formerly the northern division of what is now Washoe County.(footnote b: Authority of Mr JH Smith Buffalo Meadows Nevada) Roop County in turn took its name from Isaac Roop (Footnote c: Miss MA Taylor of Reno says that Mr Roop had two daughters Jane and Susan for whom Janesville and Susanville in California were named.) who was elected Governor under the Provisional Territorial Government by the people of Western Utah in 1859"<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=HshYAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA92&ots=ABYH-8e1q5&dq=Sheephead%20Spring%20nevada&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q=roop&f=false Biennial Report of the Nevada Historical Society,"] Issue 2, p, 85, 1911.</ref>
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1138 Township 31 North -- Range 18 East -- Sheet 1 (T31NR18E.1)] (1866) shows Smoke Creek Station.
* Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA219&ots=KPJpXii0vi&dq=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary,]" p. 219, located about 5 miles east of the California/Nevada Line.  This location appears on a 1881 map. and is near [[Robbers Roost]].
* Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA219&ots=KPJpXii0vi&dq=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q=%22Smoke%20creek%20station%22&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary,]" p. 219, located about 5 miles east of the California/Nevada Line.  This location appears on a 1881 map. and is near [[Robbers Roost]].
** The map might be the [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/5bd142 1881 Gibbs map of California and Nevada].
* Jeffrey D. Johnson, "[http://www.juliacbulette.com/?p=108 Julia’s Unequivocal Nevada Klampout #32]" (2011).  Description of Smoke Creek Station, included quotes by [[Joseph Goldsborough Bruff]] and [[Edward Griffin Beckwith]]
* Jeffrey D. Johnson, "[http://www.juliacbulette.com/?p=108 Julia’s Unequivocal Nevada Klampout #32]" (2011).  Description of Smoke Creek Station, included quotes by [[Joseph Goldsborough Bruff]] and [[Edward Griffin Beckwith]]
   
   
The other is located on the WP [[Railroad]] south of Reynard and west of Wild Horse Canyon (Carlson, p. 219).
The other is located on the WP [[Railroad]] south of [[Reynard]] and west of Wild Horse Canyon <ref>Helen S. Carlson, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA219&dq=Reynard%20Nevada&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q=Reynard%20Nevada&f=falseNevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 219</ref>.
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:843784 Smoke Creek] (GNIS)
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/843784 Smoke Creek] (GNIS)
* P.A. Glancy and F.E. Rush. "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt44-smoke_creek_san_emidio.pdf Water-resources appraisal of Smoke Creek–San Emidio Desert, Nevada and California]." Water Resources Reconnaissance Series Report 44. 1968 (Cover includes image of the Smoke Creek Desert.  Inside photo of the "deserted railroad town of Smoke Creek")  The map on p. 82 shows the location of Smoke Creek and Wild Horse Canyon.
* P.A. Glancy and F.E. Rush. "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt44-smoke_creek_san_emidio.pdf Water-resources appraisal of Smoke Creek–San Emidio Desert, Nevada and California]." Water Resources Reconnaissance Series Report 44. 1968 (Cover includes image of the Smoke Creek Desert.  Inside photo of the "deserted railroad town of Smoke Creek")  The map on p. 82 shows the location of Smoke Creek and Wild Horse Canyon.
== References ==
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[[Category:Smoke Creek Desert]]

Revision as of 21:06, 28 December 2021

Note that there are two Smoke Creek Stations, one to the west of the Smoke Creek Desert, the other to the east.

One is listed in the GNIS as being "ruins with grave" at 40.5515682 -119.9507620. This location is to the west of the Smoke Creek Desert and is on the stage road

  • Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California," p. 261. "In the fall of 1861 J.H. Breed bought his brother's share of the Smoke Creek Station and probably got the part that belonged to Hines a little later on. He stayed there the following winter and in the spring sold out to I.J. Harvey who had been employed to buy the property for a United States Army Post During the winter of 1862-63 William V. Kingsbury established a trading post at Smoke Creek and afterwards kept a station or hotel in connection with it. He stayed there until late in the 60's."
  • The 1876 Bancroft map has "Smoke Creek Depot" on the west side of the desert. [1]
  • In 1911, The Nevada Historical Society stated: "Roop, which is also known as Smoke Creek is situated in the central portion of Washoe County on its western boundary line one hundred and twenty five miles from Reno.(footnote a: RL Polk & Co Nevada State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1907 1908) Roop was settled about 1860 and took its name from Roop County which was formerly the northern division of what is now Washoe County.(footnote b: Authority of Mr JH Smith Buffalo Meadows Nevada) Roop County in turn took its name from Isaac Roop (Footnote c: Miss MA Taylor of Reno says that Mr Roop had two daughters Jane and Susan for whom Janesville and Susanville in California were named.) who was elected Governor under the Provisional Territorial Government by the people of Western Utah in 1859"[2]
  • Township 31 North -- Range 18 East -- Sheet 1 (T31NR18E.1) (1866) shows Smoke Creek Station.
  • Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 219, located about 5 miles east of the California/Nevada Line. This location appears on a 1881 map. and is near Robbers Roost.
  • Jeffrey D. Johnson, "Julia’s Unequivocal Nevada Klampout #32" (2011). Description of Smoke Creek Station, included quotes by Joseph Goldsborough Bruff and Edward Griffin Beckwith

The other is located on the WP Railroad south of Reynard and west of Wild Horse Canyon [3].

References

  1. Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona, Published By A.L. Bancroft, & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal. 1876.
  2. "Biennial Report of the Nevada Historical Society," Issue 2, p, 85, 1911.
  3. Helen S. Carlson, "Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 219