Lyon County Points of Interest

Buckland Station early 1900s

Buckland’s Station

Buckland Station is a pony express station, stage stop, boarding house and supplier near Fort Churchill in Lyon County, Nevada. The station is designated as…
King Street, General View, 1880, Carson City, Carson City, NV

Carson City Station – Pony Express Station

Carson City Station was a pony express station located between on Carson Street between Forth and Fifth Street in Carson City, Nevada. Founded in 1858,…
Horse-powered whim, used for mining production of small mines. Photograph taken in Como, Nevada 1902. Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, (1970), Howell North, p 73, courtesy of William A. Kornmayer Collection

Como Nevada

Tucked away in the rugged folds of the Pine Nut Mountains in central Lyon County, Nevada, the ghost town of Como stands as a weathered…
Union Hotel, Dayton, built in the early 1870s - Chester Barton collection

Dayton Station – Pony Express

Dayton, Nevada is a small unincorporated community, and the location of the Dayton Station Pony Express stop in Lyon County, Nevada. The little town of…
Devil's Gate near Silver City. This was a toll road on the way to Virginia City.

Devil’s Gate – Nevada State Historic Marker 223

Devil’s Gate is a historic natural landmark and narrow gorge in Gold Canyon, located in Lyon County, Nevada, on the boundary line with Storey County.…
A lithograph drawing of Fort Chuchill, Nevada Territory created by Grafton Tyler Brown in 1862

Fort Churchill Nevada

Fort Churchill is a Civil War era United States Army Fort, Pony Express Station and overland stage stop located in Lyon County, Nevada just West…
Placer mining, 1880s, in Gold Canyon. The original site of Johntown mining settlement , south of Silver, City Nevada - Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Howell North, 1970, p 70. courtesy of Nevada Historical Society

Johntown Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

Johntown, Nevada, holds the distinction of being the state’s first mining town and its first ghost town. Situated in Gold Canyon, between Dayton and Silver…

Ludwig Nevada

Tucked into the sun-scorched folds of the Singatse Range at the northern edge of Smith Valley, Ludwig stands as a weathered sentinel in Lyon County,…
Pine Grove, Nevada - 1880s

Pine Grove Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

Pine Grove is a classic Nevada ghost town located in Lyon County, in the Pine Grove Hills on the eastern slopes of the Pine Grove…
The town of Sutro Nevada, taken in 1874

Sutro Nevada

Sutro, Nevada, located in Lyon County near the historic town of Dayton in the Carson River Valley, is a quintessential Western ghost town that owes…
The entrance to the Sutro Tunnel in the late 1800s. Suntro, Lyon County, Nevada.

Sutro Tunnel

The Sutro Tunnel was a drainage adit into the Comstock Load, which is located in Lyon County, Nevada. Following Silver discovers and in the Comstock…
Pony Express Riders "Billy" Richardson, Johnny Fry, Charles Cliff, Gus Cliff - Ernest and Elaine Hartnagle (original tintype from the Martin E. Ismert Collection - Kansas City, Missouri) - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refrichardson.html

The Pony Express Trails and Stations In Nevada

The Pony Express operated for a very brief period of time from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861. The mail service allowed quick delivery…
Built in 1872, the Virginia & Truckee No. 11, the "Reno" was the V&T's first true passenger engine. It was the pride of the fleet, and was assigned to the pull the "Lightning Express," the V&T's premier train in the 1800s. The engine was damaged by a fire in 1995, and is currently undergoing restoration by the V&T.

Virginia and Truckee Railroad

The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is a historic railway in Nevada, renowned for its role in transporting ore during the Comstock Lode mining boom of…