Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-08-10
DAYTON RANCH HAS
INTERESTING HISTORY

Editor Ycrington Times: 1t was in
the seventies that first heard the cx-
preston. "the world owes me living
The whine has been getting louder.
progressively. ever since, and self-de-
pcndcnce and self-assertion has been
growing weaker. corrcspondingly. gen
orally speaking ] address myself
now in behalf of sclf-detcrnlination and
self-dependence 1t is the history OF an
eighty-acre piece about six miles be-
low Dayton. and the struggle OF those
who finally made it support them: 1t
is described as the w. IL OF the S. Z.
ia OF Sec. 80. +. II n. r. % f.. NJ
y. NJ.
A Frenchman, named, Jean Cauain.
who claimed to have fought under Ma
poleon, squatted on the ground in 1869.
and built cabin, and started to grub
sagebrush. The land really belonged
to the G. P. r. r. Co. / finished the
fence, which was made Of willows. in
the winter 1870, and pJowcd the first
land cultivated there. The French
man sold one load of vegetables rais-
cd on the land. when the water gave
out, and | folded my blankets .and left,
leaving wages and all behind.
In 1873, w. W. Byron. as Treasur-
er of Lyon county. sold the land to
John Montague, for the taxes levied
against Jean Canain in 1870. In 1875.
Montague sold to Peter Verdier for
S1OO. and the very next day Verdier
sold the land to Orlando Cardelli for
$1,000, Orlando buying for himself and
his brothers John and Tancredi, who
had come from Italy about year
before, and who had earned little
money chopping wood for the V. & T.
R. R. Co. The Cardelli Brothers
were the first to do any work worth
while on the property. They con-
structed ditch about five miles long
to get water on the land, beginning
work in 1876. The only way they
could raise funds was by mortgaging'
and taking in partners, and locating or
'mying more land, and mortgaging
again. and taking in more partners.
The history OF their hardships and
truggles is most graphically told by
the abstract of title. from which |
write, and gotten out by the F.. II.
,Vhitacre Land & Title Co, of Yer
:. Ill., 81, <xf
fers and interests i'll the land and water
rights OF those so acres of ground
over l4o closely typewriter sheets.
and at one time the interests were cut
into twelfths.
In Book f.. at page 1874. Lyon
County Records. you will find a rec
ord OF a mortgage given by giuseppe
Andrconi, then one of the owners OF
fourth interest i'll one OF the forties.
given to the Societa Italiana. lie
M1tuo Socerso OF Christoforo Co
lombo. of Virginia City. for. $1,000
hearing interest at the rate OF FIVE
per cent. per month payable every six
months, and dated February IA. 1899.
This mutual benefit society was hard
" out for its health. Leopardo Mar
iani is now the owner of the land
This is the first land on the north
side of the river put under cultivation
between Cooney's ranch (Reids Sta
tom and Dayton. and on the other
side in 1869 there were only the ltal-
ian (Depaoli ranch, and the Fish and
Barrett ranches cultivated
Reid's Station is the place described
by Mark Twain in "Roughing It," as
having a stove heated by lighted
candle, the light OF which showed
through isinglass, with plenty OF fire.
wood to be had within a hundred
yards of the station. Part of the
station house still stands 1t ought to
be featured.
ALFRED CHARTZ