080 - Gerlach, 1930s
A few entries from the 1934 -1938 Diary of William J Hart of Gerlach, Nevada.
19 January 1934 -Went to town, took chow home, then went to Deep Hole Ranch & back to town, had dinner at G.F. & came back home.
30 June 1934 -Went to Fly Ranch after beef for 4th of July.
15 October 1934 -Cold all day. I went to DH Ranch after the truck & went to CC Ranch after potatoes. Wife & I went to Grass Valley with grain, came home at 7:30.
26 September 1934 -I went deer hunting & got a deer. This is the 2nd in my life. Hethey & Charley came by for dinner.
2 March 1935 -Working around the Ranch. The boys is hauling hay. I'm working on the duce. Red came by with Boyed & Irwin. We went fishing & I got 20 fish today.
24 August 1935 -Warm all day. Up at 5:30 this am to look for mail lost last night after a bottle of whisky.
29 January 1936 -Cold & frozen ice in creek last night. Wife & I went to town. J.J. Thrasher's little girl past away at 2:30 pm today. Yeagres came with mail.
3 March 1937 -Warm all day. I worked around Ranch. This pm we killed pig, Red & Jack helped me. Jackson took the sorrel horse to work.
19 February 1938 -Cold with wind & rain & snow all day. EPW & cowboys came today with cows & calves. Buck went to Reno. I helped Ed feed this afternoon.
19 June 1938 -Cold with rain in Reno this am. We left Sparks at 9am, got to Gerlach at 1pm, got to the Ranch at 5pm.
7 December 1938 - Warm all day. Bill Hills, William Iverson & I went to Squaw Valley Mountain today & we blowed out some rocks.
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EspressoBuzz (28 months ago | reply)
What a treasure!
tooluser (28 months ago | reply)
Blowed out some rocks - some things never change.
elilaloopy (28 months ago | reply)
Where do you find these things?
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DNSF David Newman (28 months ago | reply)
Universal and personal; timeless and artful.
Great find.
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mooflyfoof (28 months ago | reply)
Amazing! I love this:
"Up at 5:30 this am to look for mail lost last night after a bottle of whisky."
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benjaminsbox (28 months ago | reply)
"We left Sparks at 9am, got to Gerlach at 1pm, got to the Ranch at 5pm."
Yep, sounds like my last trip to the Playa too.
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