Sodaville

Sodaville was started in the late 1870s, at a big mineral soda springs. Frank G. Humphrey and E. P. Esser operated the first six-horse stage between Sodaville and Tonopah. Sodaville was a busy freight station on the Carson and Colorado Railroad, between Reno and Tonopah. The first telephone and telegraph line from Sodaville to Tonopah was strung in 1902 by Lothrop & Davis. In 1904, the Tonopah Railroad line from Sodaville to Tonopah was completed. The town suffered a big blow when the Southern Pacific Railroad decided to place their depot three miles north, closer to the town of Mina. The Sodaville post office was active from 09 Oct 1882 to 31 Mar 1917.

Sources: Wikipedia, Silver State Ghost Towns, Western Mining History, The History of Nevada

Newspaper Clippings

• 1901 Jun 10 - McLean & McSweeney Freighters ad
• 1901 Jun 29 - Robert Stewart's Hotel ad
• 1903 Jun 13 - Lothrop & Davis ad
• 1903 Aug 01 - Baseball Game
• 1903 Sep 12 - Horse Thief
• 1904 Apr 09 - W. R. Smith's Gold Properties
• 1904 May 21 - Bismuth Mine
• 1904 Dec 17 - Rich Gold Strike in area
• 1904 Dec 17 - Smelter
• 1905 May 13 - Expected to Boom
• 1905 May 20 - New Sodaville Townsite ad
• 1905 Jul 28 - Off the Map by C & CRR railroad
• 1909 Feb 05 - Sodaville's Children

Sodaville Cemetery

Brazzanovich, Jessie E. ~ 1832 – 16 Feb 1891
Davidovich, Todorina ~ 1871 – 11 May 1899
Ellis, George W. ~ 1858 – 06 May 1912
Gulliver, Marguerite ~ 1883 – 06 Apr 1896
Janes, Robert ~ died Dec 1902
Jeffron, Henry ~ died 27 May 1885
Lane, Tom ~ died 23 May 1887
Lynch, William ~ died 1846 – 07 Oct 1901

Mason, Frank ~ 1877 – 08 Feb 1902
McIntyre, R. D. ~ 1833 – 14 Nov 1901
Morgan, Dickey ~ died 06 May 1905
Nash, Thomas ~ died 1819 – Dec 1902
Phillippe, A. ~ died 22 Jan 1902
Pierce, Richard ~ 24 Dec 1853 – 09 Apr 1915
Shettle, Julius Enoch ~ 21 Jul 1852 – 28 Dec 1908
Towers, Ira C ~ died 19 Aug 1914

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

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