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::: '''Note:''' U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order [https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/so-3404-508.pdf 3404] dated November 19, 2021 has declared "Squaw" a derogatory term and is implementing procedures to change the name.  Details are at [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names U.S. Board on Geographic Names].  See also the [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names monthly minutes and review lists].
::: '''Note:''' U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order [https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/so-3404-508.pdf 3404] dated November 19, 2021 has declared "Squaw" a derogatory term and is implementing procedures to change the name.  Details are at [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names U.S. Board on Geographic Names].  See also the [https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names monthly minutes and review lists] and [[Renaming offensive placenames]].


Squaw Reservoir is located on Highway 447 about 17 miles North West of [[Gerlach]], on the way to [[Cedarville]].  It was formerly known as Fisk Reservoir.
Squaw Reservoir is located on Highway 447 about 17 miles North West of [[Gerlach]], on the way to [[Cedarville]].  It was formerly known as Fisk Reservoir.
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw_Valley_Reservoir Squaw Valley Reservoir] (Wikipedia)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw_Valley_Reservoir Squaw Valley Reservoir] (Wikipedia)
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:277626074025290::NO::P3_FID:863350 GNIS]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:277626074025290::NO::P3_FID:863350 GNIS]
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows Squaw Valley.
* The first map to show Squaw Valley is Granite Range 1:250,000 (1894, Rp. 1894)] (UNR)
* Renee Corona Kolvet, Victoria Ford, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Jb7TpOojyRMC&lpg=PA68&ots=C5402N30Br&dq=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&f=false The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men]," Description of a CCC camp in Gerlach by Claude Chadwell. "Fisk Reservoir <nowiki>[Squaw Creek Reservoir]</nowiki> is still there"
* The last map to show Squaw Valley Reservoir is [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#13/40.8390/-119.5576 Gerlach 1:100,000 (1981, Rp. 1981)]
* Renee Corona Kolvet, Victoria Ford, "[https://archive.org/details/CivilianConservationCorps The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men]," Description of a CCC camp in Gerlach by Claude Chadwell. "Fisk Reservoir <nowiki>[Squaw Creek Reservoir]</nowiki> is still there"
** Fisk Reservoir was probably associated with [[Clyde Fisk]], who had a ranch in Squaw Valley.
* [[Geophysical Investigations of the Smoke Creek Desert and their Geologic Implications, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California]]
* [[Geophysical Investigations of the Smoke Creek Desert and their Geologic Implications, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California]]


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Revision as of 04:31, 28 December 2021

Note: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3404 dated November 19, 2021 has declared "Squaw" a derogatory term and is implementing procedures to change the name. Details are at U.S. Board on Geographic Names. See also the monthly minutes and review lists and Renaming offensive placenames.

Squaw Reservoir is located on Highway 447 about 17 miles North West of Gerlach, on the way to Cedarville. It was formerly known as Fisk Reservoir.

It was worked on and possibly built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

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