Fort Churchill (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jewett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 87-11
Abstract

Principally detailed letters from brothers Oscar and Alonzo Jewett to their family in Saginaw, Michigan, in which they discuss their life and mining ventures in Virginia City, Nevada, and Oscar's military activities. Also included are letters from their parents and sister in Michigan reporting news of the family and Saginaw. Material between 1861-1867.

Dates: 1861-1867
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Jewett Family Papers

Richard Gassaway Watkins Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: NC141
Abstract Richard Gassaway Watkins, Nevadan, captain of the Silver City Guards during the first battle of Pyramid Lake and rancher near Ft. Churchill and Walker River Valley. Collection contains letters from Watkins at Carson City, Ft. Churchill, and Genoa, Nevada to "My Dear Burnett," plus typescripts: the first describes Watkins' difficulties with federal soldiers claiming his land for Ft. Churchill and his going into debt; the second letter continues his tale of disagreement with the military,...
Dates: 1860
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Richard Gassaway Watkins Correspondence