Diana,
In the early 1870's they seem to go back and forth between the
CARICO/CARRICO spelling. The example below is from the same newspaper
published in 3 days time.
Pen And Scissors
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1874
Paper: Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, NV)
Page: 2
Long story about a robbery and then........... The last known of them
they were going toward Carrico Lake, between Reese River and Cortez
range of mountains, with officers following on their tracks.
Pen And Scissors
Date: Friday, August 28, 1874
Paper: Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, NV)
Page: 2
SHERIFF EMERY went to Carico Lake and Cortez in pursuit of the men who
robbed the Battle Mountain stage a short time ago.
I also came up with the John Craycroft connection. It makes you
wonder if he owned this property and named the ranch in honor of his
mother. So far, it's the closest connection that I have found.
Daily Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada)
March 6, 1891, page 3
The Advocate says: “C E Mack, of Virginia City, Richard Kerman's
attorney, has entered into an agreement with W S Wilson, Nancy A
Wilson and George A Wilson, to sell and convey to the Wilson's the
Marysville mining property, and the Carico Lake ranch property, all in
Lander county, on or before the 1st of July, 1891, for the sum of
$60,000.
http://books.google.com/books?id=rNFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&...
The Marysville mines in Lander co. were discovered by William Stanage
Wilson, who, with his sons, owns the group. Mr Wilson is of Scotch
descent, his grandfather arriving in America about 1775, and helping
to fight the battles or the revolution. Mr Wilson was born in Logan
co. , Ohio, Dec. 30, 1821, but at the age of 11 years removed to
Klkhart co., Ind. In 1848 he volunteered for the Mexican war, but
peace being soon after declared, he was discharged. Ha came to the
Pacific coast in 1852 along with the immigration to Oregon, residing
in that state until 1874, when he removed to Carico valley, Lander
co., about 60 miles from Austin. Having made a comfortable fortune in
mining and cattle raising, he left .the care of the large Carico farm
to his sons, and devoted himself to prospecting, which he followed for
eight years before he found what satisfied him. He later became a
resident of Reno, his large family being provided for, and all the
result of his indomitable energy and sagacity.
On 10/6/12, Tim Weaver <wtcweaver(a)aol.com> wrote:
Diana, very aware of the discussion topic, and note that old issues
arise
about origin and lineage. Also I am fully aware that the word carico is
Italian. However, the words have different etymologies and entirely
different meanings. Some of the Carricos in KY seem to have chosen to spell
their name with one R changing the meaning entirely and throwing researchers
a curve ball. Sorry they did that for the sake of genealogy but I very much
doubt that Carico Lake is named for an Italian family. If I had time I would
research it but I leave it to others. Let me know what you find! Tim
W. Timothy Carrico Weaver
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-----Original Message-----
From: DianaGM(a)dgmweb.net
To: carrico <carrico(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 17:31
Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Carrico Lake, Nevada
Tim,
We're not discussing the origin of Peter CARRICO's surname, we're discussing
the
origin of the name of a lake in Nevada. How did "Carico Lake" (seems to be
the
preferred spelling over Carrico) in Lander County, Nevada, get its name?
Was it
named for a person? If so, for whom? Or is it not a person's name?
I have extracted all the CARRICO/etc. from the Nevada census up through
1930,
and no such family was enumerated in Lander County. Of the ones in Nevada,
none
appear to be "our" CARRICOs:
http://dgmweb.net/Census/Carrico/NV/CarricoCenTime-NV.html
The only one there before the turn of the century was an Italian Swiss
CARACO in
1880 in Storey County, which is nowhere near Lander County:
http://dgmweb.net/Census/Carrico/NV/Carrico-NV-1880.html
"Carrico" is not just a Portuguese word. "Carico" is an Italian
word
meaning
load or burden, and it appear to at least sometimes be used in a geological
context. CARICO is a common surname in parts of Italy. I found a
geological
reference to the "Carico Lake Pluton":
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.V13C2608C
A pluton is an intrusion of igneous (molten) rock, one that would contain
the
kind of crystalized minerals that has made the area of interest of miners
and
rock hounds.
Digging at Google, I've found that there's not just a Carico Lake and a
Carico
Pluton, but a Carico Basin and a Carico Valley. It does appear most likely
the
features in this area were named for someone named CARICO, but the question
remains, who?
Diana
P.S. I just found this, regarding a John H. CRAYCROFT, born in Maryland and
a
son of Clement CRAYCROFT & Sarah CARRICO, who eventually wound in Lander
County:
http://wikibin.org/articles/john-h.-craycroft.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carrico-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:carrico-bounces@rootsweb.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Tim Weaver
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 1:44 PM
> To: carrico(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Carrico Lake, Nevada
>
> I'm flabbergasted that we still are discussing the origin of the name and
> from
> which country and region it comes.
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