Hall's Station

Spafford Hall built this station and trading post in the early 1850's to serve emigrants bound for California. Hall, the first permanent settler there, was severely injured in a hunting accident in 1854 and sold the station to his employee James McMarlin, after which it became known as McMarlin's Station. Major Ormsby bought the station sometime between 1854 and 1860, and the title was still in his name in 1860 when he was killed in the first Battle of the Pyramid Lake Indian War. The site also holds a special place in Nevada history as the location of the first recorded dance, held on New Year's Eve in 1853.

Dayton, Nevada · United States