"Yeah so ... maybe they ran out of marker posts?" -- June 2009

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SE corner of 5th (US 95) and G Sts. -- Hawthorne Mineral   38.524352, -118.623822

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Original Date Visited: 6/27/09
Revisited: 3/24/22
Signed: No

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Street View

Here's what you'll see!

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Clever placement for this one! Not much has changed for Marker 237 since my conquering in 2009. The Carson & Colorado Railroad, circa 1882 The oft-forgotten C&C Railroad The unassuming Elks Lodge is the original home of this important railroad junction

Exact Description:
This building, the first to be constructed in Hawthorne, is the remnant of the narrow-gauge Carson & Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House in 1881. Railroad officials created the town from desert when the first lots were auctioned off on April 14, 1881. The line was subsequently extended into Owens Valley, California, and service to Hawthorne came to an end when the town was by-passed in 1905. In later years, the building served as a general store, a bar, and restaurant with a bingo parlor and a banquet hall, until acquired by the Hawthorne Elks Lodge in 1946.

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 COVERED IN US 95 ROAD TRIP

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Related Links & Markers:

 - 7 - Dayton   - 60 - Hawthorne ...   - 61 - Mound House   Carson & Colorado Railway   Carson & Colorado Railroad History 

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