FTP name this site on Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range of Western Nevada--the richest known U.S. silver deposit.
The first to arrive in 1857 were Ethan Allen Grosch and Hosea Ballou Grosch; soon after was a man known as Old Pancake, for whom it was named; another early arrival was William Morris Stewart, who later became one of Nevada's first senators. FTP name this site on Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range of Western Nevada--the richest known U.S. silver deposit.
The first to arrive in 1857 were Ethan Allen Grosch and Hosea Ballou Grosch; soon after was a man known as Old Pancake, for whom it was named; another early arrival was William Morris Stewart, who later became one of Nevada's first senators.
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