Ragtown, Nevada
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For information about Williamsville,[1] the squatter's camp ("hell's hole", "ragtown") for construction workers near the mouth of Black Canyon[2] before Boulder City (1932) was built, see Hoover Dam.
Ragtown, Nevada, is a Churchill County ghost town of an abandoned 1854 trading post west of Fallon.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ McBride, Dennis; Dunar, Andrew J (2001). Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression. p. 40. ISBN 0874174899. http://books.google.com/books?id=SYeEmU2aW9EC. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Vintage Photograph Collection - Children, Hoover Dam Museum, Boulder City
- ^ Nevada State Historic Preservation - historical markers
Coordinates: 39°30′14″N 118°55′01″W / 39.50389°N 118.91694°W
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