1881 - Panaca

Panaca is located in Meadow Valley, three miles below the head of it, and is fourteen miles southeast of Pioche. It was laid out by the first settlers in 1864, and grew rapidly till 1868, when it had over 500 inhabitants. Business continued to be prosperous till in 1873, when work for the mines falling off the town commenced going down. The present population numbers about 300 people, with a larger percentage of children than any other town in the State, the school census giving eighty. Panaca has a fine school house, which cost $1,200, and which will accommodate 120 pupils. The average attendance is sixty.

The town occupies about 250 acres of land, which is laid out in lots and blocks. The water supply is abundant, being taken from Warm Spring, which is about one and one-half miles east of the town. A large stream of water, about three feet deep and six feet wide, is thrown out from this spring, and the quantity is not affected by the seasons. This is the principal source of water supply for the whole valley.

Extracted, 2021 Aug 25 by Norma Hass, from History of Nevada, published in 1881, page 491.