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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 ...
The eight burials from Lovelock Cave were buried at various times between 2500 BC and 1100 AD. [7] There are also the similar, approximately contemporaneous Elephant Mountain Cave bundle burials from the Black Rock Desert north of Lovelock, Nevada. The site was extensively looted, and its study is difficult. [7]
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.
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.
Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals.. Nevada is the driest state in the United States. [3] It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state.
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]