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Austin
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - U.S. Highway 50 in Austin, Nevada.
Photo
taken October 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Austin
Austin, mother town of
mining camps, sprang into being after William Talcott discovered
silver at this spot on May 2, 1862. Talcott came from Jacobsville, a
stage stop six miles to the west on the Reese River, the first
Lander County seat. He was hauling wood out of Pony
Canyon, directly below,
when he made the strike that set off the famous "rush to
Reese."
A town called Clifton
flourished briefly in Pony Canyon, but fast-growing Austin soon took
over and became the county seat in
1863. Before the mines
began to fail in the 1880's Austin was a substantial city of 10,000
people. From Austin, prospectors fanned
out to open many other
important mining camps.
Nevada Historical Marker
No. 8
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