Luning

Luning is on U.S. Highway 95, between Hawthorne and Mina. Although often listed as a ghost town, the population in 2016 was 39.

The old Long Branch Saloon had a sign claiming "Settled 1864." The original settlement called Deep Wells was begun in 1882. Deep Wells served as a stagecoach station between the towns of Grantsville, Belmont, and Downeyville. Later, when the railroad arrived in the early 1900s, the town changed its name to Luning, after Nicholas Luning, a bondholder of the Carson and Colorado Railroad. The town experienced several economic changes with the silver, copper, and magnetism mining booms.

Luning had an active railroad loading facility for many years. Magnesium ore from Gabbs (Nye county) was trucked to Luning and transferred to railroad cars bound for the West in World War II.

A station on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Thorne and Mina as a supply center for the Nevada Brucite quarry.

Luning's main street, Plymire Street, is named after a long-time resident, Dr. Fred A. Plymire. Fred was a dentist, an inventor, and a stone man. Born in West Virginia in 1867, he traveled with his parents and five siblings to California where the family operated a marble monument company. After 20 years in Luning, Dr. Fred returned to California where he retired.

Sources: Wikipedia, Erik's Nevada Blog, and Ghost Towns

Luning Cemetery

Albiez, Otto ~ 12 Jun 1848 – 05 Feb 1924
Anderson, Albert ~ died 27 May 1911
Arriaga, Ferminia ~ 1839 – 01 Feb 1915
Berger, Albert ~ died 17 Aug 1939
Calvert, James ~ Jun 1858 – 24 Dec 1932
Cates, Nelson ~ Apr 1858 – 05 Feb 1917
Clark, Edward ~ died 24 Apr 1913
Curtis, Thomas ~ 1868 – 06 Mar 1914
Echevarrieta, Jose ~ died 02 Dec 1918
Enright, Edward ~ 01 Jan 1850 – 18 Jul 1916
Everett, Kittie J. ~ 09 Oct 1884 – 28 Jun 1917
Fitzpatrick, Bartholomew S. ~ 26 Dec 1842 – 04 Jun 1927
Hamilton, Robert Lee ~ 11 Jul 1864 – 25 Dec 1916
Hansman, William Frederick ~ 20 Sep 1895 – 31 Jul 1977
Jansen, Henry ~ 01 Feb 1874 – 23 Nov 1918
Livingston, Daniel ~ May 1858 – 19 Jun 1922

Martinez, Antonio ~ died 05 Dec 1918
Mason, Ellen Katherine ~ 03 Sep 1843 – 03 Sep 1932
Mason, Frank ~ 1878 – 06 Feb 1902
McCormick, Archie ~ Dec 1852 – Dec 1905
Moss, Charles Henry ~ died 26 Sep 1929
Murphy, Arnold Lee ~ 11 Dec 1928 – 15 Dec 1993
Powelson, David Isaiah ~ 18 Feb 1875 – 17 Dec 1919
Reid, Louis Thomas ~ 09 Feb 1926 – 07 Mar 1927
Ryan, infant girl ~ died 08 Aug 1917
Sendejas, Amor ~ 13 Mar 1855 – 06 Jan 1919
Steele, Florence ~ 18 May 1860 – 31 May 1933
Steele, Samuel Charles ~ 10 Aug 1867 – 01 May 1930
Strand, Carl Gustaf Elof ~ 10 Sep 1884 – 05 Jul 1917
Tomlin, Barbara R ~ 1908 - 1908
Wagner, Hugo Richard ~ 22 Oct 1867 – 31 May 1925

Source: FindAGrave, where more info and some images are available

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