Historical Markers of Lyon County
- HM 7 - Dayton
- HM 61 - Mound House
- HM 74 - Wellington
- HM 85 - Sutro
- HM 113 - Wabuska
- HM 127 - Courthouse Site (1865-1907)
- HM 163 - Chinatown (Early Name of Dayton)
- HM 177 - Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station)
- HM 185 - McCone's Foundries
- HM 186 - Union Hotel & Post Office
- HM 192 - Buckland's Station (On the California Emigrant Trail)
- HM 199 - Camels in Dayton
- HM 200 - Hall's Station
- HM 223 - Devil's Gate
- HM 233 - Dayton Cemetery
- HM 255 - Wilson Canyon
- HM 257 - Nevada's First Gold Discovery
- HM 262 - Dayton School House - 1865
- HM 264 - Silver City Schoolhouse
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*HM 163*
-- Chinatown (Early Name of Dayton) --
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Location: Western Lyon County, Dayton
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Date Conquered: 5/30/07
Nearest Intersection: Quilici Rd/Dayton Valley Rd.
Quick Description: A marker stating the importance of Chinese workers in Dayton.
Signed: No -- Historically this marker was never signed.
Full Description:
The first Chinese were brought to this site in 1856 to build the "Reese" ditch from the Carson River to the entrance of Gold Canyon. The ditch was used for placer mining. The Chinese soon began reworking the placers. Earning a living from those abandoned by the miners, so many Chinese followed (200) that the settlement was called Chinatown. The name was changed to Dayton in 1861 in honor of John Day, who laid out the town and later became General of Nevada.
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