Dayton, Nevada
Lyon County · Population 8,964 · Card no. 10727
One of the oldest settlements in Nevada, where gold was found in Gold Canyon in 1849, a decade before the Comstock.
- The find here led prospectors up the canyon to the Comstock Lode.
- The town served as a mill site for Virginia City ore.
- The Carson River runs past it.
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