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Photographer: Courtesy Historical Society of Dayton Valley
Caption: Marker detail: Dayton Boomed Until 1880
(Courthouse Site 1864 – 1909)
Additional Description: The Lyon County Courthouse was built in Dayton (the first county seat) in 1864, the year Nevada became a state. When the courthouse and jail burned in 1909, Dayton's population was on the decline. In 1911, the Nevada legislature moved the county seat to Yerington. Later, circa 1918, Dayton High School was built on the original courthouse foundation on Pike Street. The high school closed in 1959. Since then, the building has been used as an elementary school and as a community center, and for County offices.
Submitted: November 27, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p552469
File Size: 0.936 Megabytes

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