Sheridan
Douglas County, Douglas County, Nevada
Marker Inscription
Sheridan. In 1861, a blacksmith shop, a store, a boarding house, and two saloons comprised the village of Sheridan. The village had grown up around Moses Job’s general store, established prior to 1855. The Surveyor General, in his 1889-90 biennial report, stated that Sheridan was the metropolis of the Carson River West Fork farmers. The Sheridan House, erstwhile boarding abode, has been converted to a dwelling. It may be seen across the road. It is all that remains of the “metropolis.”Moses Job, an irrepressible man, climbed the peak above this location, planted the American flag and with a shout named the peak after himself. Job’s Canyon is above, and to its left is Job’s Peak. To its right is Job’s Sister.
Erected by Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
The Story
By 1861 the little village of Sheridan—a blacksmith shop, store, boarding house, and two saloons—had grown up around Moses Job's general store, established before 1855. Nevada's Surveyor General later called it the "metropolis" of the Carson River West Fork farmers, though today only the converted Sheridan House survives. The irrepressible Job left his own monument by climbing the peak above town, planting the flag, and naming it, its canyon, and its neighboring summits after himself.
Why it matters
Sheridan is a small window into how farming hamlets took root behind the mining rushes, feeding the region and giving Nevada's landscape its distinctly personal pioneer place-names.
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