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Nevada State Route 341
State Route 341 (SR 341) is a state highway in western Nevada connecting U.S. Route 50 in Nevada, US 50 (US 50) near Dayton, Nevada, Dayton to Reno, Nevada, Reno via Virginia City, Nevada, Virginia City. Commonly known as the Virginia City Highway, or Geiger Grade north of Virginia City, the route has origins dating back to the 1860s. Route description State Route 341 begins at a point along U.S. Route 50 in Nevada, US 50 in Lyon County, Nevada, Lyon County between Mound House, Nevada, Mound House and Dayton, Nevada, Dayton, about to the west of the latter. From this intersection, the highway proceeds north towards its south junction with Nevada State Route 342, SR 342 in Silver City, Nevada, Silver City. From here, SR 341 veers eastward around Silver City and Gold Hill, Nevada, Gold Hill, proceeds up the Occidental Grade and bridges over the Virginia and Truckee Railroad at the site of that line's Daylighting (tunnels), daylighted Tunnel #5 before reconnecting with SR 342 on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Nevada
Dayton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 15,153 at the 2020 census. Dayton is the second-oldest Nevada settlement, after Genoa, and is home to the oldest hotel in the state. History 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. By 1850, placer miners settled at the mouth of Gold Cañon, working sand bars deposited over the millennia along the path of the creek. At first the settlement was just called "Gold Cañon" or "Gold Cañon Flat". Throughout the 1850s, Dayton served as the commercial hub for miners working in the canyon. In 1857 many Chinese miners came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
