Town of Humboldt Redux
I've done a bit more research on this, and have determined that I have posted photo's of "Humboldt House" in the previous post, not the "Town of Humboldt".
Not sure there is a "town" of Humboldt.
There is a "Humboldt City", which lies a few miles east, up in "Humboldt Canyon", in the........ you guessed it, the Humboldt Mountains. Just about where the Humboldt River wraps around the north end of the Humboldt Mountains.
"Humboldt House", pictured above and below, was the name of the stage station, and then railroad stop.
All of these Humboldt's were in Humboldt County, until someone burned down the courthouse in Winnemucca. Because of that fire, the Humboldts all moved to Pershing County, where they have remained since 1919.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
Town of Humboldt, Nevada
It's that time of the year, when the landscape is washed over by the late winter sun.
I had occasion to drive over to the Biggest Little City after work yesterday and stopped off at Humboldt to watch as the sun went down.
The town of Humboldt lies just off the north tip of the Humboldt Mountain Range in Pershing County.
Humboldt used to be in Humboldt County until someone accidentally burned down the courthouse in Winnemucca.
When the folks over in Lovelock got a glimpse of the plans for the new courthouse, with its columns and marble staircases, they didn't believe they wanted to help pay for such an expensive building over in the county seat, so they seceded, and formed their own county. Then they built their own special courthouse. Folks around here don't seem to have got over that little spat yet.
When the boundary was set to cleave Humboldt County into two parts, the town of Humboldt, a service stop on the transcontinental railroad, found itself in the new Pershing County. Named for WWI hero General of the Armies "John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing. 
This the the entire town. I saw two satellite dishes, so they are probably inside watching FOX News.
Molten sun on a chilly afternoon.
