Hall's Station
"Wow. That's a placement. You couldn't miss this one if you wanted to. I'm not sure if I'm a little disappointed or a bit amazed at the concentration of historic markers there are in Old Town Dayton. Did the SHPO stretch Lyon County a little too thin? These are great sites, but there are also many, many other places in the county worthy of an historic marker! Hall's was significant, but I'm not sure it really warrants a marker of its own. If you ever wanted to know everything there is to know about Dayton, problem solved." -- June 2008
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| At the corner of Main St. and Cemetery Rd. -- Dayton |
39.235872, -119.592351Original Date Visited: 6/17/08
Revisited: 11/14/22
Signed: No
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Exact Description:
Spafford Hall built a station and trading post in the early 1850's to accommodate emigrants bound for California. Hall, who was the area's first permanent settler, was severely injured in a hunting accident in 1854 and sold the station to one of his employees, James McMarlin, after which it became known as McMarlin's Station. Major Ormsby bought the station some time between 1854 and 1860; the title was still in his name in 1860 when he was killed in the first battle of the Pyramid Lake Indian War.
A special niche in Nevada's history is accorded this site as the place where the first recorded dance was held on New Year's Eve, 1853.
Exact site destroyed by borrow pit.
The site of Hall's Station sits at the base of the butte in the b.g. Unfortunately, all you'll find there is a borrow pit and some liberally posted "No Trespassing" signs.
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