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Lecture: Carson & Colorado Railroad: Moundhouse to Hawthorne
August 21, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Speaker: Lawrence E. Meeker
Thur., August 21, 2025, 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm
Dayton Valley Community Center
(170 Pike Street at Logan, Old Town Dayton)
The August event from the Historical Society of Dayton Valley will be a lecture of great interest to explorers, hikers, ghost town seekers, railfans, historians, and archaeologists. The information and photographs from the talk will cover the historic sites of the Carson & Colorado Railroad (and later Southern Pacific Co.) from the beginning of the line at Mound House, Nevada, to the yards and operations center at Hawthorne in Mineral County. It will explore the lost traces of the original alignments through modern communities, small villages, ghost towns, and desert valleys.
A corresponding guidebook is underway for future publication.
Lawrence E. Meeker is a photographer, guide, explorer, historian and author. He earned a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Nevada. During his 40-year career, he planned, designed, maintained, and managed the construction of bridges, railroads, and highways across the western USA. His background includes 20 years as a photography volunteer at local museums, where he helped them acquire and process major collections for their archives.
