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Register of the Small Nevada Collections,
1868-1882
Mss2
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Title: Small Nevada Collections,
Date (inclusive): 1868-1882
Collection number: Mss2
Creator:
Extent: 0.1 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Small Nevada Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Crocker, Charles (1822-1888)
Elliott, W.T.C.
Leete, Benjamin Franklin (1830-1921)
Nevada State Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical
Society
Highland Ditch and Water Company (Reno, Nev.)
Reno Reform Club Building Association
Mariposa Mill (Nev.)
Real property -Nevada -Reno
Reno (Nev.) -History -Sources
Stocks -Nevada -19th century
Payrolls -Nevada -19th century
Miners -Nevada -19th century
One of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad, Charles
Crocker was a "hands-on" administrator, actually supervising construction of
the tracks. He later invested in large landholdings and developed the Del Monte
Hotel in Monterey County, Calif. (1880). The deed in this collection conveys
town lots in Reno, Nev. to one W.T.C. Elliott of that city (1868).
[Ms2.C938]
Benjamin F. Leete was one of Theodore Judah's surveyors and was present
at organizational meetings of the Central Pacific Railroad (1861). Leete lived
to be over ninety and was one who provided information for Robert L. Fulton's
"Epic of the Overland" (1924). He lived in the Reno area from 1870 until his
death. The stock certificates in this collection give evidence of his
involvment in the affairs of that city. Others of Leete's papers are in the
John D. Goodwin Collection at the California State Library. [Ms2.L487]
The Mariposa Mill was located northeast of Virginia City, Nevada, in
the Comstock area. Its 1882 payroll register provides personal names,
occupations and payments to employees, most of whom seem to have been immigrant
Irish. [Ms2.M342]