Brushed metal plaque № 48949

Washoe Valley, NV, United States

Bowers Mansion. BUILT— 1864 RESTORED —1967 Bowers Mansion recalls the wealth of the Comstock Bonanza. Lemuel S. “Sandy” & Eilley Orrum Bowers were probably the first millionaires produced by the famous find in Gold Canyon. As strangers, they had adjoining claims. After a rich vein was struck, they w

ere soon married and had this mansion built.Misfortune followed fortune and soon all was lost. The richness of their vein gave out, a new mill was destroyed, financiers balked, and then Sandy died in

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