"This one might be better placed at the actual tribal office a mile to the east. I'll bet one out of a hundred people will actually see this one from the road." -- June 2009

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At the junction of US 95 and Cottonwood Lane -- Schurz Mineral   38.952312, -118.810474

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Original Date Visited: 6/24/09
Revisited: 3/24/22
Signed: Both lanes of US 95

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Street View

Here's what you'll see!

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      This is a pretty sleepy place most days. Marker 183 represents the Walker River, one of western Nevada's hugely important arteries

Exact Description:
Although the area around Walker Lake in the Utah Territory was set aside for "indian purposes" in 1859, it was not until 15 years later that President Grant signed the executive order formally establishing Walker River Indian Reservation, on March 9, 1874.

Indian agent Calvin Bateman reported on August 31, 1874, that the reservation "is the home of at least six hundred Pah-Utes, who if absent at all, are only so temporarily. Here the government has promised them an abiding-place, and justice and honor demand that the compact remain inviolent. I am glad that the executive order .... reaffirms the obligation and sets at rest the question of perpetiuty."

In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.

Marker 183 at my initial conquering in 2009. Not much has changed since then!

What's Wrong with Walker Lake?

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 COVERED IN US 95 ROAD TRIP

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Related Links & Markers:

 - 126 - Double Springs   Walker River Paiute Tribe (Official Tribe)   Walker River SRA (Nevada State Parks)   Nevada Towns: Candelaria   Mineral County Official Website 

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