"Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78," Compiled By Henry G. Langley, Editor of the California State Register, Pacific Coast Almanac, San Francisco, 1875

"Churchill County. Bounded north by Humboldt, east by Lander, south by Nye and Esmeralda, and west by Lyon. Area, 5,000 square miles. Assessed valulation of property, for 1860, $700,000. County seat, Stillwater. Principal town, Borax City. The area of the county is large, and it is centrally located in the state, but no sufficient resources are developed to give it wealth or prominence. Within its limits are the "sinks," or lakes of the Carson and Humboldt rivers with short sections of those streams, one flowing from the distant northeast with a sinuous course of 350 miles, the other from the summit of the Sierra Nevada, nearly 200 miles southwest. This sink is the central basin of a vast area of country, which for an unknown period has been draining and leaching into it, and as a consequence we find deposited there those alkaline, saline and other soluble mineral substances with which the soil of Nevada abounds. In several localities of the basin are found beds of salt of great purity and unknown extent, which produce larely and extensively worked and at other places are deposits of carbonate of soda, also pure and very valuable. Narrow strips of land border these river and lakes, and are very fertile and productive, which, with a few small spots in different parts of the county, aggregating 50,000 acres, constitute the arable land of Churchill. The grazing land is more extensive, but even for stock its capacity is limited. Silver and gold mines have been discovered In various localities, and worked to some extent, though not proving sufficiently remunerative to justify the continuance of operations under the present circumstances. The central and eastern part of the county is hilly and mountainous, the Clan-Alpine being the most prominent range. Several broad valleys exist that are dry and barren, but possessing a sod which, when irrigated, produce large returns of grain and vegetables. The county has generally a barren and forbidding aspect though much of it will be redeemed and add to the general wealth of the world. The overland stage road crossed the country, but now no stages run within the limits of Churchill. An express, however, supplies mail facilities to Borax City. Stillcountywater and Ragtown, and teams crossing the county to Columbus and Belmont furnish a market for the farmers produce. The Central Pacific Railroad passes through the northwestern portion.
Officers: D. C. McKenny, District Judge; J. J. Cushman, County Clerk; C. Allen, District Attorney; Samuel Freeman, Sheriff; J. W. Richards, Auditor; W. J. Brandon, Treasurer; D. M. Wightman, assessor; J. Coffman, Surveror; J. W. Allen, Public Administrator; W. H. A. Pike, Superintentent Public Schools."

Towns and Cities

Churchill County
Borax City, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Borax City;
   American Borax Co.
   Dillard & Co.
   Griswold Eugene
   Nevada Borax Co.
Dead Horse Well, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Dead Horse Well
   Murphy S, hotel
Hot Springs, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Hot Springs
   Leete B F
   Saxon American Borax Co.
   Van Winkle J. A.
Ragtown, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Ragtown;
   Kanyon A L
Sand Springs, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Sand Springs
   Whiteman, S
Slough Station, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Slough Station
   Hill & Grimes, generalmerchandise and hay
Soda Lake, PO address, Wadsworth, Washoe County ; Soda Lake
   Nevada Soda Co.
St. Clair's Station, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; St. Clair Station
   Thelen Henry, hotel
Stillwater, Westgate, PO, address, Wadsworth, Washoe County; Stillwater;
   Sandford & Lawrence, hotel

Churchill, Column 1; Churchill, Column 2;

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