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Another novel, Lovelock, Nevada: an explanation (Booklocker, 2010) by Leslie Hale Roberts, plays another variation on the transient theme, starting with a breakdown in the desert. [28] And a stopover in the town was the subject of Fred Leebron's prize-winning short story “Lovelock”, later adapted into his novel Out West (Doubleday 1996 ...
Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet (46 m) long and 35 feet (11 m) wide. [ 1 ]
Description: This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Pershing County, Nevada, highlighting Lovelock in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,650. [1] Its county seat is Lovelock. [2] The county is listed as Nevada Historical Marker 17. The marker is at the courthouse in Lovelock. [3] The Black Rock Desert, location for the annual Burning Man event, is partially in the county.
Part of SR 398 was originally State Route 66. The north–south segment of present-day State Route 398 appears on maps as early as 1937 in the form of State Route 66. [3] SR 66 ran from State Route 1/U.S. Route 40 (now SR 396) approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to its terminus at Fairview Road.
The Leonard Rockshelter is located on a limestone outcrop in rural Pershing County, Nevada. It is an uplifted dike, whose layers are turned sharply upward, and have since been in part covered by subsequent sedimentary deposits. The formation yields a sheltered area facing north, with scree slopes of tufa limestone eroded from the formation ...
That route, designated with the passage of Nevada's first highway law in 1917, created a highway route across northern Nevada from California to Utah which passed through Lovelock. [3] With the adoption of the U.S. Highway System in 1926, [citation needed] US 40 was eventually added concurrently with SR 1. [1] [4]
State Route 856 begins as a continuation of Cornell Avenue at the intersection of Upper Valley Road (State Route 396) and 14th Street in northwestern Lovelock.The highway heads northeast as Airport Road, crossing over Upper Valley Road, an irrigation canal, and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks towards a half-interchange with Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 95.