Mormon Well Spring is an area located in the United States' Desert National Wildlife Range that was used from around 1900–1924 for ranching. It is listed on the

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. Nearby is Corn Creek Campsite, another listed historic place. Currently the spring is used to provide water for animals using structures provided by the

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(BLM).

History

Long prior to its ranching use, the site has indications of Native American use, by such as the Southern

Paiute Paiute (; also Piute) refers to three non-contiguous groups of Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. Although their languages are related within the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, these three languages do not form a single subgroup and th ...

people, from 1000 AD to 1900 AD. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 1974.

References

Native American history of Nevada Southern Paiute Archaeological sites in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada {{NorthAm-native-stub