Pequop, Nevada Explained

Official Name:Pequop, Nevada
Settlement Type:Ghost town
Pushpin Map:Nevada
Pushpin Label:Pequop
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Nevada
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Elko
Area Total Km2:6.42
Area Land Km2:6.42
Area Water Km2:0.0
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:709
Population Density Km2:110.3
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation M:1872
Elevation Ft:6142
Coordinates:41.2172°N -114.5894°W
Area Code:775
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:32-53200
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:856101

Pequop or Pequop Siding is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It was located west of Toano on the route around the north end of the Pequop Mountains between Cobre and Wells.[1] It was first a stop station of the Central Pacific Railroad and later a non-agency[2] station on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Several buildings were erected to house section crews.

History

In November, 1870, Pequop siding was the site of the second robbery of the same train. The train was first robbed near Verdi, Nevada of about payroll intended for Virginia City. The train was robbed again near Moor (just east of Wells), or at Pequop Siding of about . The robbers turned out to be deserters from Camp Halleck. One of the robbers was Edward Carr, who three weeks before the robbery had murdered Sally Whitmore, the madam of a brothel near Camp Halleck. One of Carr's gloves was found at the site of the robbery.[3]

The end of the village was in the 1940s, when the introduction of diesel in locomotives made Pequop obsolete.[4]

Notes and References

  1. DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer: Nevada, DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, pp.25 and 33
  2. Book: Carlson, Helen S. . Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary . 1985 . 9780874174038 . April 11, 2020.
  3. News: Elko Daily Free Press . October 6, 1998 . 16 . How to rob a train (and how not to) . Charles . Greenhaw. April 12, 2020.
  4. Web site: Elko County Ghost Towns. NVGHOSTTOWNS.COM. 2013-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224005831/http://nvghosttowns.topcities.com/elko/elkolst2.htm. 2013-02-24. dead.