Disaster Peak Explained
Disaster Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The summit is located in the Trout Creek Mountains.
Disaster Peak was named after an 1864 [1] confrontation between prospectors and the Paiutes, resulting in the deaths of G. W. Dodge, J. W. Burton and two others.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Notes and References
- News: Report from the Indian Hunters . Gold Hill Daily News . Gold Hill, Nevada. June 9, 1864 . November 17, 2020.
- Book: Origin of Place Names: Nevada . W.P.A. . Federal Writers' Project . 1941 . 36.
- Book: History of Nevada . Myron . Angel. 169 . Oakland, Cal., Thompson and West . 1881 . February 6, 2020.
- Annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, for the year 1865 . 1865 . Office of Indian Affairs . February 7, 2020.
- Book: Michno, Gregory . The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868 . 2007 . Caxton Press . 63 . February 7, 2020.
