Schurz’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Schurz. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Schurz was founded in 1891. The town was named after Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz. A post office has been in operation at Schurz since 1891.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Schurz’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schurz’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSouthern Pacific train west of, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Schurz
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Schurz, decade by decade
1990s
LOCA portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the sma…2022
LOCA portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the sma…2022
Commons2015-04-29 15 44 13 View north from the south end of Altern…2015
Commons2015-04-29 15 42 04 Walker River Reservation historical mar…2015
Commons2015-04-29 15 41 54 Side road in2015Nothing in Schurz is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Schurz has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Yerington Grammar School in Yerington, 17.5 miles away.
Schurz and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Southern Pacific train west of (1987) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.