Jill, I don't know much about Nevada (I signed up to this list looking for a distant
relative of my husband's), but it looks like the Shoshone Mountains are in Nye and
Lander counties. Have you tried posting to those lists (assuming they exist)? You might
ask people, if a body was found in the mountains about that time, in what newspapers an
article might have appeared. You might write to police departments in local towns along
the way asking if they have records dating back to 1927, also perhaps county and state law
enforcement. If he was found, even months later, it seems there should be a record
somewhere.
If you've done all this and come up empty, I understand your frustration. All early
deaths are tragic, but those around the holidays are doubly so. Hopefully he knows
you're looking for him and will lead you to him.
Diane in Illinois
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Lackey <jflanthropologist(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: nvwashoe <nvwashoe(a)rootsweb.com>; nveureka <nveureka(a)rootsweb.com>;
nvwhitep <nvwhitep(a)rootsweb.com>; nvchurch <nvchurch(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 25, 2013 1:34 pm
Subject: [NVWASHOE] It is worth another post
We know I have posted this request for information before, and I can fully
understand that it is a shot in a million that anyone has this information, but
it is Christmas, and I thought I'd try again.
On Christmas Eve day, 1927, my grandfather left Wadsworth, NV for Ely, NV where
he had a job awaiting him as a sheepherder. He had just written to my
grandmother at their home in SD and told her he was leaving. He'd just repaired
a jalopy he'd purchased for the trip. He promised he's write a letter to her at
each town he arrived in along the way. He was probably traveling on the old
Lincoln Highway. No letters ever arrived and he was never heard from again. I
found out that there had been a snowstorm in the Shoshone Mountains on Christmas
Eve, and he was likely stranded and died on route.
But I would so like to find out exactly what happened. Anyone having any oral
histories of an old car or a body found along this highway back in time can
contact me. I know this pursuit is probably in vain, but I keep trying,
nevertheless and have for my entire adult life.
My grandfather's name was William Luster Lackey (sometimes called himself James
Russell). He was an award-winning rodeo champion back in SD. .He was part Indian
(Creek) and was dark and about 5'8 and slender. He would have been 47 at the
time of his disappearance.
Yes, I've tried all the cemetery websites. There are a number of unknowns in the
burials but either no dates or dates not near 1927. Any help--just any hint of
help would be so appreciated on this Christmas day, when my grandfather probably
died.
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