Big Canyon
Big Canyon, where now a postoffice is located instead of
at Dewey, undoubtedly takes its name from the canyon, which
was named for its size.
Deephole
Deephole ia a ranch postoffice at the north end of Smoke
Creek Desert, six miles north of the Western Pacific Rail-
way survey. Several deep springs there have given to the
station the name of Deephole.
Incline
Incline, which is situated on the northeast shore of Lake
Tahoe, was established about 1882. It was the source of
supplies for the lumbering interests of the Sierra Wood and
Lumber Company. It had a postoffice and was an election
precinct. The place gradually declined until 1898, when
the postoffice was taken away. Incline received its name
from the steep incline of sixteen hundred feet up which
the lumber was hauled by a continuous car affair on the
hydraulic plan to a flume whence it was flumed to Lakeview,
where it was dumped and loaded and sent to the mines
aroung Virginia City and Carson.
Marmol
Marmol, which is a small station located on the Southern
Pacific Railway and Truckee River, in the southern part of
Washoe Conty,was settled about 1890. Some marble works were
located there, marble being shipped from Inyo County, Cal.
The marble was so expensive , however, that Marmol could
not compete with other places, and the works were shut down.
In Latin, marmor means marble,n English we have the word
marmolite, which is derived from the Latin, Marmor, and a
Greek word, marmaros, which means a mineral of pearly
luster, a greenish color, and a laminated structure.
Mill Station
Mill Station was a lumber station situated on the raod
between Carson City and Washoe City, and was settled about
1860 or 1861. Several mills were located there giving the
place its name.
Sheephead
Sheephead is a small village located on Smoke Creek, near
Pyramid Lake. It goes by the name Round Hole, so called from
a big round spring located there. Sheephead took its name
from Sheephead Springs, which is about twelve miles from the
present location of Sheepshead. It was so named from finding
near the spring the head of a mountain sheep, which was
nailed to a tree and remained there for several years.
Steamboat Springs
There are hot springs in many parts of the State, but the
best known are Steamboat Springs, eleven miles south of
Reno, on the road from Reno to Virginia City. They cover
a space of a mile or more in length and a third of a mile
in breadth. This area is covered with a cloud of steam,
springing in jets from apertures in the rocks, resembling
the escape from a high power engine, hence the name. A
postoffice was established in March 1880,
Joan