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The Sulphur post office "Operated Jan 1899-Sep 1899, Jan 1910-Nov 1943, Aug 1946-May 1953"<ref>GNIS, "[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:864862 Sulphur Post Office (historical)]," "History: , Citation: Gamett, James, and Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Post Offices. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1983, 176 pp. Discusses historical background of Nevada post offices. p123"</ref>.
The Sulphur post office "Operated Jan 1899-Sep 1899, Jan 1910-Nov 1943, Aug 1946-May 1953"<ref>GNIS, "[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:864862 Sulphur Post Office (historical)]," "History: , Citation: Gamett, James, and Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Post Offices. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1983, 176 pp. Discusses historical background of Nevada post offices. p123"</ref>.
In 1922, a petition to the U.S. House of Representatives was sent and lists residents of Sulphur: "4942 By Mr Arentz Petitions of the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce and Messrs Born, Cooney, Richardson, Pearce, Wilkinson, Gray, Moore, Defenbaugh and Fishburn of Winnemucca Messrs Crowley, Whitaker, Newland, Stonebaker, Brown, Cushin, Alley, Rolph, Willig, Noble, Swager, Olsen, Brabazon and Webster of '''Sulphur''' Nev. protesting against House bill 10598 to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce" (Bill 10598 seems to have something to do with using the US Mail to promote illegal financial matters?)<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DI9AQAAMAAJ&dq=Swager%20Sulphur%20postmaster&pg=PA258#v=onepage&q=Swager%20Sulphur%20postmaster&f=false United States Congressional Serial Set, Journal of the House of Representatives]," p. 258, April 3, 1922.</ref>
George Swager was the Sulphur postmaster in 1933<ref>Christopher Brooks, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBiAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA65&dq=sulphur%20nevada%20postmaster&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=swager&f=false Black Rock Desert]," p. 66, 2013.</ref>.


W. W. "Wally" Irwin was the Sulphur postmaster from "the mid-1930's through the 1950's"<ref>Benjamin T. Barna, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=WZTLIWiCRkIC&dq=Sulphur+Nevada++postmaster&q=sulphur#v=snippet&q=sulphur&f=false A Material Culture of Making Do: Adapting to the Great Depression in the Rabbithole Mining District,]" p. 74, UNR, May, 2008. Cites Venable 2006a.</ref>
W. W. "Wally" Irwin was the Sulphur postmaster from "the mid-1930's through the 1950's"<ref>Benjamin T. Barna, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=WZTLIWiCRkIC&dq=Sulphur+Nevada++postmaster&q=sulphur#v=snippet&q=sulphur&f=false A Material Culture of Making Do: Adapting to the Great Depression in the Rabbithole Mining District,]" p. 74, UNR, May, 2008. Cites Venable 2006a.</ref>

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Sulphur is a ghost town located on the Western Pacific Rail Road west of the Kamma Mountains.

Sulphur is named for the nearby sulphur deposits, discovered in 1866. The Hycroft Mine is located nearby.

J. W. Rover was convicted of murdering Isaac Sharp at Sulphur and hung in Reno in 1878.[1][2].

The Sulphur post office "Operated Jan 1899-Sep 1899, Jan 1910-Nov 1943, Aug 1946-May 1953"[3].

In 1922, a petition to the U.S. House of Representatives was sent and lists residents of Sulphur: "4942 By Mr Arentz Petitions of the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce and Messrs Born, Cooney, Richardson, Pearce, Wilkinson, Gray, Moore, Defenbaugh and Fishburn of Winnemucca Messrs Crowley, Whitaker, Newland, Stonebaker, Brown, Cushin, Alley, Rolph, Willig, Noble, Swager, Olsen, Brabazon and Webster of Sulphur Nev. protesting against House bill 10598 to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce" (Bill 10598 seems to have something to do with using the US Mail to promote illegal financial matters?)[4]

George Swager was the Sulphur postmaster in 1933[5].

W. W. "Wally" Irwin was the Sulphur postmaster from "the mid-1930's through the 1950's"[6]

Robert Trego states that there were three or families living in Sulphur in 1955[7].

Sulphur Junction about 1/2 way between Gerlach and Winnemuca on Nevada State Route 49 going East from the main highway between Gerlach and Empire. This road is mainly gravel and is suitable for a street bike type motorcycle at a speed of about 30 MPH. There are few, if any sandy spots, unlike the Soldier Meadows Road which has lots of sandy areas. This road travels the South East side of the Black Rock Desert.
October 1913 map showing Sulphur
c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Sulphur

See Also

References

  1. Guy Rocha, "Myth #124: True Confessions: The J.W. Rover Case," Nevada State Library and Archives.
  2. Mining Magazine: An International Monthly Review of Current Progress in Mining and Metallurgy," p. 416, Volume 8, December 26, 1903.
  3. GNIS, "Sulphur Post Office (historical)," "History: , Citation: Gamett, James, and Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Post Offices. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1983, 176 pp. Discusses historical background of Nevada post offices. p123"
  4. "United States Congressional Serial Set, Journal of the House of Representatives," p. 258, April 3, 1922.
  5. Christopher Brooks, "Black Rock Desert," p. 66, 2013.
  6. Benjamin T. Barna, "A Material Culture of Making Do: Adapting to the Great Depression in the Rabbithole Mining District," p. 74, UNR, May, 2008. Cites Venable 2006a.
  7. Robert Trego, "Black Rock Desert Roads," Nevada State Journal, October 23, 1955, p10-11. Low resolution image of Sulphur. Also mentioned are Trego and Jungo.

External Resources

Images

  • HU-404, "Nevada Sulphur Smelter," Nevada Historical Society.
  • HU-405, "New Mill for Grinding," Nevada Historical Society. Not sure of the location.
  • HU-406, "Nevada Sulphur Smelter," Nevada Historical Society.
  • HU-417, "Sulphur-Humboldt Co.," Nevada Historical Society.
  • HU-418, "Spring Belonging to Sulphur Works," Nevada Historical Society.
  • HU-661, "Hotel @ Sulphur in the 1920's," Nevada Historical Society.