In Memory of Sergeant John J. Clark

John J. Clark was born in Canada in 1844. He enlisted as a private in Company F of the New York Infantry in 1862 and served actively in the Civil War. After being shot in the hand and contracting typhoid fever, he was honorably discharged on 6 March 1863 as a sergeant in Company B of the New York Calvary. Following his discharge, Sergeant Clark emigrated to Southern California. While traveling from Bakersfield to Salt Lake City on a buckboard, he stopped near this spot, tied his horse to the back of the wagon, and wandered around, possibly looking for water. He eventually crawled under his buckboard and died, presumably from thirst, several days before his body was found on 30 June 1915.

Nevada · United States