Gravely Ford - Carlin NV
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 40.877 W 116° 28.751
11T E 544011 N 4503507
The marker is located at the at the Beowawe East Rest Area near Mile Marker 258, Interstate 80 near Carlin, Nevada, in Eureka County, NV, 89822.
Waymark Code: WM193TN
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2023
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Gravely Ford
7 miles southeast of here was a favorite pioneer crossing of the Humboldt River, Gravely Ford. Campsite of the Donner Party, here occurred the Snyder-Reed fight, as Snyder lashed at Reed he missed and hit Reed's wife. Reed then killed Snyder. Reed was banished without food from the wagon train. His daughter smuggled food to him enabling him to reach California. Reed later returned to rescue them from being snowed in at Donner Lake. In 1861 Indians massacred a wagon train. A squaw tried to save a child but was chased for days was caught and the child killed.
Group that erected the marker: Lucinda Jane Saunders Chapter 1881 E Clampus Vitus.
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Beowawe East Rest Area
Carlin, NV United States
89822
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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