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Brushed metal plaque № 48847

Hawthorne, NV, United States

Brushed metal plaque № 48847

Hawthorne Present Mineral Co. Seat Former Esmeralda Co. Seat. The Hawthorne townsite, selected in 1880 by HM. Yerington, president of the new Carson and Colorado Railroad Co., was a division and distribution point for the railroad originally envisioned to extend to Bodie, in Mono County, California.

Mineral development southeast in the Columbus Mining District, redirected the route southerly to California.Originally, to be called Millbrae, Yerington changed the name to Hawthorne, after William A

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