The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dayton is at the western end of the Twenty-Six Mile Desert at a bend in the Carson River. Immigrants stopping there for water would decide whether to follow the river south or continue west, giving the location its first name, Ponderers Rest. In 1849, Abner Blackburn, while heading for California, discovered a gold nugget in nearby Gold Creek, a tributary of the Carson River.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dayton’s history is told.
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Dayton, decade by decade
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CommonsDayton, Nevada with Carson City in Background2014
CommonsDayton, Nevada with Carson City in Background2014
CommonsDayton and Mound House, Nevada2014
CommonsDayton and Mound House, Nevada2014
CommonsMid Day at the Oasis, California Immigrant Trail-Lincoln Hi…2012
CommonsDayton, Nevada Historical Marker No. 72011Nothing in Dayton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dayton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chollar Mansion in Virginia City, 6.1 miles away.
Dayton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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