On Main Street (Nevada Route 342), on the left when traveling north.
It gives… “a forcible impression of the unhallowed character of the place” J. Ross Brown – 1860
This rugged reef of metamorphic rock was once one of the famous landmarks of the Nevada Territory. In June of 1850, John Orr . . . — — Map (db m21561) HM
On Main Street (Nevada Route 342) near Roses Road, on the left when traveling north.
Two well-educated brothers, Hosea and Ethan Grosh, discovered silver here in 1856 but both died in 1857 before their ore was assayed. Had they lived they might have gone on to locate the Comstock Lode. Their cabin was ¼ - mile to the South. — — Map (db m174102) HM
On Occidental Grade (State Highway 341) at Old Dayton Toll Road on Occidental Grade.
Nevada’s first mining town established in 1853. A boarding house was operated here by Eilley Orrum (Mrs. Sandy Bowers). Other prominent residents, discoverers of the fantastic Comstock Lode, included the Grosh Brothers, Peter O’Riley, Patrick . . . — — Map (db m45943) HM
The growing town of Silver City built a schoolhouse at this site in 1867-1868. Enrollment was as high as 166 students in the 1880’s. Children were educated here for nearly a century until school closed in 1958.
The building then began its . . . — — Map (db m45945) HM
