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Location

Nevada land base is located near Scotty's Junction on Highway 395 South, Nye County, NV and in Lida, Esmeralda, County NV.

Established By Act of Congress signed November 1, 2000 to place 5,500 acres of land in Nevada in trust for the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. The Tribe also has 1,953.99 acres of trust land in California.

Government

Received federal recognition as stated in the federal register of October 6, 1982 as an Indian Tribe. Constitution was approved January 25, 1986 by the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe General Council.

Lida, Nevada.... a new home of the Timbisha Shoshone Indian...tribal reservation...

Nevada State Historic Marker #157 alongside the road at Lida told me that the valley was previously a contact point for Shoshone and Northern Paiute Indians. And during the 1860s, it was the site of early prospecting for gold (somehow the search for yellow metal is everywhere). Some further research revealed that the town enjoyed a couple boom periods over the years; the first when it was founded in the early 1860s - 1870s, and the second during the first decade of the 1900s. The townsite was laid out in 1872 and a post office was established the following year. The town grew, roads were built, steam-powered stamp mills were constructed and things were going great. But when the gold production began to decline, so did the town and in the 1880s Lida was just a shadow of its former self. When the nearby towns of Tonopah and Goldfield were having their excitement in the early 1900s, Lida experience another small boom and some 300 folks called the town home. A newspaper (the Lida Enterprise) even published here between April 14th of 1905 and October of 1906 The town prospered for a while but began to decline as a result of many of the richest mines being tied up with legal problems. The post office closed in December of 1918 and Lida slowly faded away.

I found Lida a very quiet place. There are still some residents in the area, I imagine most are ranchers or retired folk. There are a number of old, abandoned buildings but as most of them seemed to be on private property, I didn’t poke around too much. Maybe on the next trip I’ll explore the area a bit more to see what I can find, I think it deserves another look. ------ a few buildings that appear to be returning to mother earth.

It is hard to find any info on Lida an almost ghost town. (private property now) BUT the following from a 1900+ auto guidebook. Interesting for historical information. Lida is mentioned.

From the 1916 Midland Trail Tour Guide
From Salt Lake City, Utah, WESTBOUND to Ely, Nevada 199.9 UTAH-NEVADA STATE LINE. 200.3, keep right; 200.7, ranch on left; 202.8, eight-mile ranch; 205.7 Cross bridge; 219.3 Tippet's ranch. Gasoline. 219.5, take right fork; 221.2, take left fork; 230.1, Summit of Divide; 232.8, take right fork (left goes to Muncy). 234.7 Bednark's ranch; 237.3, Stone Cabin Ranch. 240.7 Anderson's Ranch; supplies. Take water here. Keep to left. 246.2, Summit of Schnellbourne Pass. Use low gear compression going down for short distance, and at 248,2 Burke's ranch; meals and lodgings. Immediately after passing the house turn left into lane. 250.2, take right fork; 258.9 thru Magnuson's ranch; 272.3, cross bridge and keep to left; 274.9, keep to right. 276.9 McGILL. Postoffice. 277.4, cross bridge and take right fork, keeping near telephone line. 278.1, turn left onto auto road; 287.8 cross railroad and turn onto Avenue C, East Ely; 288.1, turn left up Eleventh St., East Ely; 288.2, Hotel, A. A. A. on left; 288.3, turn right onto Avenue F; 289.1, cross R. R.; 289.5, turn left, go one block and turn right onto Aultman St., 289.9.

290.0 ELY. Lincoln Highway Garage Company; everything for the tourist. Ely, Nevada

Ely, Nevada, to Goldfield, Nevada
00.0 ELY. Road is well marked with sign boards all the way. Plain stakes with Midland Trail colors on long stretches. Main and Murray St. South on Murray St. out of town; keep right 0.8, upgrade 1.5; keep left 2.5 and right 2.6; ahead over rolling country with few sharp grades; 5.9, fork; bear right down long grade; 8.6, fork, bear right, also right at 8.9; 28.9; pass ranch on right 30.2; ahead up long grade; house on right 46.2; thru Currant 48.7; 49.8, fork, bear left; 51.6, fork, bear left; curve left past ranch 51.9. 52.0 Take middle fork; thru crossroads 73.0; right around house 106.5 Hot Creek, hotel on far left. Turn left; right with road 107.0; 146.2 Ahead on direct road past all intersections; house on right, 155.8; 160.5, fork, bear right; and left at next fork just beyond, upgrade; house on right, 176.4, fork; bear right; mine on right 178.8; 179.7 TONOPAH. The Tonopah Electric and Tire Company, opposite Midland Trail Sign Post. Kelly-Springfield and Goodrich Tires; Willard Battery and Delco Service Station; Vulcanizing; electric supplies. Tonopah Auto Supply Co. Ford and Dodge agency; machine shop; expert repairing; electrical supplies and accessories.

Tonopah to Goldfield
Turn sharp left at Butler Building; ball park on right, 180.2; thru crossroads 204.1 4-corners, turn right; cross R. R. at station 204.2, other R. R.s just beyond; ahead on North Main St.; 205.0 end of street; jog left and right, still on Main St.; 205.1, Ramsey St.; left and then first right on Columbia St.. 205.2 GOLDFIELD. . Columbia and Crook Streets. Goldfield Hotel, finest in Nevada; fireproof, modern; cafe and grill connected; rates reasonable. Brown-Parker Auto Company; A. A. A.; Southern Nevada's "BIG" Garage, opposite Goldfield Hotel. Goldfield Garage; supplies, repairing; free air; Miller Car-buretors, Aluminum Pistons. South of Goldfield Hotel. Goldfield, Nevada, to Nevada-California Line 00.0 GOLDFIELD. Very good gravel road with some pretty stiff hills. South on Crook Street 5 blocks; 0.3, Sundog Street, right around large stone school 0.4; 0.8, diagonal 4-corners, poor road ahead, bear left, avoiding road to right 1.0. Caution for short turn here around hill, 1.2; 1.6 fork, right upgrade; 5.7 Left-hand branch road-bear left; curve right into road from left 5.9; 6.4 fork, bear left; keep right 7.0 and left 7.1; keeping ahead on direct road; 17.6, right-hand road; poor road ahead; turn right and immediately left, avoiding road to right at 19.4; 19.5 fork, left, avoiding road to left at 20.0 (to Horn Silver);
26.4 LIDA. 27.3, fork, bear left, and right at next fork beyond. Curve right into road from left at 28.0; up long, winding grade. Keep right 34.1 and 34.3 (mine on right 34.8); winding thru small canon, to fork at
47.1 NEVADA-CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. Bear left.
-The Midland Trail Tour Guide 1916
You can view the actual pages of the Tour Guide westbound here and here, and eastbound here and here. The Midland Trail officially becomes the Roosevelt Midland Trail.
MIDLAND TRAIL AND ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY MERGED
Mr. Scott writes to the Improvement Club telling the things he has accomplished at the convention of the National Midland Trail Association held at Kansas City April 28th. “I succeeded in accomplishing two things. One was to merge the Roosevelt National Highway and the National Midland Trail under one name. Hereafter it will be the Roosevelt Midland Trail. The other was to secure endorsement of a nationwide movement to erect a befitting monument to A. L. Westgard in Westgard Pass. I am busy on plans for the latter and will keep you informed of same as they progress." W. G. Scott -Big Pine Citizen, May 7, 1921 There seems to be some bickering between the supporters and backers of the various auto trails.
TONOPAH ALARMED AT ROAD SITUATION
Some forty business men gathered Tuesday afternoon at the office of C. C. Boak to see what action should be taken to prevent the scrapping of the Midland Trail. Communications from W. G. Scott, vice-president of the National Roosevelt Midland Trail Association, and Gael S. Hoag, secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association, were read and discussed. S. R. Moore, secretary of the meeting, was requested to present the matter to various business organizations throughout Central and Southern Nevada with a view to eliciting their support to have the Midland Trail designated at least as "secondary highway." The seriousness of the situation confronting Tonopah, Goldfield, and Central Nevada was fully recognized and it was the unanimous sense of the meeting that ways and means must be found to save the southern end of the state from being backed off the highway map. R. J. Kelly, Warren S. Richardson and S. R. Moored were appointed a committee to report on establishing parking and rest facilities to encourage motorists to stop over in Tonopah. -Reno Evening Gazette, March 2, 1922 At this point in time, the Midland Trail's backers and supporters were losing influence to the big cities, and that meant losing State and Federal funding for improvements. Mr. W. Gillette Scott, Vice-President of the National Roosevelt Midland Trail Association for California comments on the primary and secondary systems as outlined by the Nevada Highway Department, as follows: I observe with mingled curiosity and apprehension that in the selection of primary highways in Nevada, the roads designated as such, are the Victory Highway and a road across the southern part of the State. The National Roosevelt Midland Trail which is one of the leading transcontinental routes, passing as you know thru Salt Lake City, Ely, Tonopah, and Goldfield to Big Pine, California, is totally ignored. As matters stand now, the National Roosevelt Midland Trail is scrapped by the Nevada Highway Department. The various transcontinental routes crossing Nevada, all have their staunch supporters, they all serve a special purpose, and they are entitled to a place, but part should not be advanced, while all semblance of official recognition is withheld from the main great route thru the central part of the state with its time honored right of priority. I do not wish to arouse opposition to either the Victory Highway or the Arrowhead Trail-far from it. But I certainly insist that the National Roosevelt Midland Trail should have an even break with the others. The State of Nevada is most assuredly large enough to admit it, the people of Nevada are broad-minded enough to acknowledge it. To demand that it be given an even chance. More particularly is my act justified, because I am not striving to curtail nor restrict official recognition extended to other routes. I am simply asking justice of treatment. Asking for fair play and nothing more. A strenous protest should be made. The following is a letter from Mr. Scott to Mr. Warren which will give some further light on the above. Los Angeles, Calif. February 24, 1922. Mr. Geo. Warren President of Chamber of Commerce Big Pine, Cal. My Dear Mr. Warren I have just had an exhaustive interview with officials of the State Association concerning classification of Nevada highways. We went over the subject thoroughly. The Victory Highway and Arrowhead Trail are primary highways on which will be expended 60 per cent of the Federal money, the secondary highways will be expended 40 per cent. The latter class is included the road from Tonopah via Goldfield to California State line at Oasis. For the present we must be content to have the National Roosevelt Midland Trail classed as a State Highway all the way across Nevada. We are hopelessly outclassed by the combined influence of San Francisco, Reno, and Salt Lake City. We must be good losers, look cheerful, waste no time rag-chewing, crowd local improvements, and keep a sharp eye out for human hogs. We have a state highway all the way across Nevada. It will be improved from Big Pine to Tonopah. From Tonopah to Ely it is the best natural unimproved road in the United States, so pronounced by experts. Waste no time trying to study up a protest as I suggested. It would be absolutely useless. This is a fact shown clearly by investigation. It is not opinion. Therefore all efforts should be concentrated on the California portion, to add to its attractiveness. Very sincerely yours Signed W. G. SCOTT. It is conceded that some immediate action should be taken. -Big Pine Citizen, March 4, 1922 The condition of thn planning your trips. WHERE TO FISH AND HOW TO GET THERE Midland Trail and Lincoln Highway It is not advisable to attempt this route at present owing to the deplorable conditions across the Great American desert between Ely and Salt Lake City. Conditions are generally good between Los Angeles and Ely via the Owens river valley, thence either over Westgard Pass to Goldfield or Tonopah or via Bishop and Montgomery Pass to Tonopah. Inquiry at Tonopah will determine whether it is best to use the Hot Creek route or the Blue Eagle road by way of Nyala into Ely. The Lincoln Highway is open from Salt Lake City east across Wyoming to Omaha, Chicago, and points further east. -Imperial Valley Press, May 20, 1922 Sometimes the route changed a bit. GRAND CENTRAL HIGHWAY NOW ALTERNATE ROUTE According to information secured by the Delta Commercial Club and published in the last issue of the Chronicle of that city the Grand Central Highway has been selected as an alternate route for tourist travel. A resolution endorsing the Eureka Delta Ely route (Grand Central Highway) was passed at a recent meeting of the National Roosevelt Midland Trail Co and this means that when the matter is properly advertised a considerable portion of the tourist travel will be diverted over the new road. This is a very important piece of news for Eureka Delta and Ely. At the present time the Grand Central Highway is reported to be in better shape that the Lincoln Highway. Parties coming over the road this week state that the route from the Nevada line to Delta is in much better condition than it was a year ago. -Eureka Reporter, June 30, 1922 Sometimes route changes were decided in an unusual way. HOT RACE IS CAPTURED BY CHRYSLER CAR Crossing desert stretches and topping three mountain ranges, including Westgard Pass on the Midland Trail, a Chrysler six touring car with windshield removed and top down won the road race from Tonopah, Nev. to Big Pines in the Owens Valley, July 4, in three hours and twenty-eight and one half minutes. The distance was 122 miles and the start was made from the Nevada mining town at 6 a.m., but before the cooler atmosphere of the irrigated valley was reached, the thermometer climbed to 120 degrees- and there was no shade. The event was the result of a rivalry between Bishop and Big Pine over proposed road improvements by Nevada on one of the two routes between Tonopah and Big Pine. At present, the Midland Trail between the two points, a distance of 122 miles, crosses three mountain ranges, including Westgard Pass more than 7200 feet high. The near-by State is considering improving a road farther north, eliminating two mountain ranges and many stiff grades. This route, about sixteen miles longer brings travel from the East into the Owens Valley at Bishop then then south to Big Pine. Because of business Bishop is strong for the northern route and for the same reason, Big Pine would have the route remain as it is. Town boosters decided that a road race would settle the relative merits of the two routes; Big Pine vs. Bishop. A Chrysler six, piloted by J. E. Riley, a well-known desert driver of the valley was chosen to represent Big Pine over the present route. -Los Angeles Times, July 13, 1924 Interestingly, Google Maps shows taking that route would take 2 hours and 14 minutes, and is 125 miles, while the northern route is a bit longer but takes 9 less minutes. It's the shortest and the best, folks! MIDLAND TRAIL IS ALLURING TO TOURISTS "The greatest lure to the tourist of America seeking good roads and scenic grandeur will be the Roosevelt Memorial Midland Trail purring through Tonopah anti the Yosemite from the east and from the west”. This was the statement of John P. Ness, director of publicity of Nevada’s Exposition, yesterday in a meeting of the Nye county commissioners and in the conference with C. C. Boak. President of the Western Good Roads Association and Grand Central Highway Association. “While there has been much talking of improved highways in Nevada, Nye county has been doing things” said Mr. Ness. "The people of Tonopah must realize that they have the longest stretch of highly improved highway in the state from this city to Ely and that this section is on the shortest transcontinental route in the United States. Another great asset to Tonopah is the authorization of an expenditure of $450,000 by the Department of the Interior for work on the Midland Trail through Yosemite National park during 1926, giving the traveller a highly improved highway from Ely, Nevada, direct to any point upon the Pacific Coast. With the proposed Delta route from Salt Lake City, through Ely, Tonopah, receives another influx of travel and takes its places as one of the most important travel centers in Nevada. While a study of the Midland trail from the East to the West proves it the shortest route for the autoist, there is yet the greatest factor in its favor as a lure for the tourist-it is undoubtedly the most scenic route in America . This highway not only passes through the most beautiful section of Nevada, but wends its way over the famous Tioga pass, a masterpiece of scenic beauty and the greatest tourist attraction of the Sierra-Nevada mountains. Tourists who travel this route will not take long in telling its beauties to the rest of the country and in two years, I predict this highway the most popular route across the continent because of its shortness and scenic beauty. -Big Pine Citizen, February 6, 1926 The Midland trail was so important to Nevada it even maintained a bit of the road in California, for some reason. MIDLAND TRAIL TO GET CUT-OFF Goldfield (Special) A movement to finance needed repairs to the cut-off on the Roosevelt-Midland Trail between Oasis [California] and Lida have been undertaken by Esmeralda county citizens headed by W. S. Phillips, to raise about $800 for the work. It is planned to put in culverts, turnpike and gravel the cut-off and make it a first class road in all respects. In addition to repairing the cut-off, it is planned to erect signs directing travel from Big Pine, Cal. via Lida, Goldfield, Tonopah, and ELy to Salt Lake City and points east, and also to direct traffic over the same route to Southern California. The cut-off, which is about seven-eighths of a mile in length, lies in Mono county, Cal. The route of the Midland Trail is by way of Oasis, as designated by the California highway statute, and consequently the cut-off, which is a considerable saving to motorists, cannot be maintained by the State of California. Moreover the road is of no particular concern to Mono county, in which it lies, and no financial aid can be expected from that source. It is therefore up to Esmeralda county to repair and maintain this cut-off which is of great advantage as a time and distance saver for motorists entering Nevada from California by way of the Westgard pass. -Reno Evening Gazette, June 25, 1926 Come on, Utah! Get it together, willya? The Lincoln Highway is established in 1913 along the shortest and most direct route across the United States connecting New York with San Francisco and Los Angeles, was designed as the Main street of America. The route as established across Utah and Nevada made Ely the point of diversion for San Francisco and Los Angeles; the latter route over the Midland trail via Tonopah, Goldfield, Big Pine, Lone Pine to Los Angeles. In 1921, Utah, without cause, suspended construction operations, and in 1922 openly repudiated its contract. It has since steadfastly refused to complete the route. This left the world's greatest highway with a dead end at Salt Lake City and another at Ely. Every effort was made by the Lincoln Highway Association to force Utah to live up to its contract, but to no avail. The only logical solution of the Utah-Ely problem is for the Lincoln Highway to use the Victory highway west from Salt Lake City to Wendover near the Nevada line, and for Nevada with Federal aid to build southward through Curry and McGill to Ely. This will be only about nine miles longer than the original route and will also serve as a link in the Yellowstone route. As originally routed the Arrowhead trail from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles was 863 miles, while the Midland trail from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles via Tonopah, Big Pine and Lone Pine was 807 miles, or 56 miles shorter. But the Arrowhead trail is now being relocated via Silver Lake, California, and will be 5O miles shorter than the Midland. The Midland trail, however, is the cool, scenic, safe and logical route to Southern California. Assuming that the Utah-Ely gap in the Lincoln highway will be built this year, it behooves all those along the Midland trail to put forth every effort to shorten it at every point possible and to hasten its improvement. -Big Pine Citizen, August 28, 1926 Meanwhile, the marketing of the Trail continued. MIDLAND HIGHWAY BEAUTIES TO BE DESCRIBED Goldfield, Nev. -The scenic attractions of the Roosevelt Midland Trail are to be described over the radio, broadcast at intervals from Los Angeles, as a result of arrangements made by Judge S. L. Thomas, who arrived here from Los Angeles Sunday. Judge Thomas, who is interested in the Goldfield Hotel, stated that Goldfield in general and the hotel in particular will figure prominently in the broadcasting. Reno Evening Gazette, October 22, 1929 The Midland Trail in Nevada became the backbone of what was to become US 6. When U.S. 6 achieved transcontinental status in 1937, it was the longest U.S. route at 3,652 miles. It was not, however, paved the entire distance. When paving was completed in 1952, the news received national attention. On September 21, 1952, The New York Times noted that paving had been completed a week earlier in 100-degree heat in Utah. A planned 2-day celebration would "mark completion of thirty-three and one-half miles of arrow-straight asphalt pavement running from a point just beyond Hinckley, about six miles west of here, to Skull Rock Pass in the Little Drum Mountains." As Business Week pointed out in its issue of October 11, 1952, the paving was much needed: " It was designated a transcontinental highway in 1937. Technically, it was. You could get from Provincetown to Long Beach on it if you chose to try. But from Delta, about 80 mi. east of the Utah-Nevada border, to Ely, some 80 mi. west of the border, you ran into trouble. Much of this stretch of road was nothing but a wagon trail-rutted, filled with dust. It was one of the worst chunks of federal road in the country." -U.S. D.O.T. Federal HIghway Administration, Highway History Slowly, the Midland Trail was turned into a real highway. On the Midland Trail, east of Tonopah, the state highway engineer's party said that the construction activities on the Locke's Station segment have been completed. As soon as oiling operations can be completed, the Midland Trail will be in excellent condition, State Highway Engineer Robert A. Allen said. -Nevada State Journal, May 20, 1937 By 1939, State Of Nevada road maps indicated that the Midland Trail from Tippet to Schelbourne was essentialy a dirt road, where it was recommended that you enquire locally about road conditions- the same with the road south of Goldfield to Big Pine. The route now went west from Tonopah ending in Bishop. By 1961, the Nevada State Road map shows the route from south of Goldfield to the border was paved. As late as the 1940's, though, it was still referred to as the Midland Trail. Goldfield, Nevada . . . A new postoffice - Talcton - has been opened on the Roosevelt-Midland highway 12 miles west of Lida to serve miners and operators in the Palmetto district. The name of the new town was coined by a group of men interested in the talc mines in that area. Four companies including the Blue Star, Sierra Talc, Nevada Minerals, California minerals and several independent leasers are now producing about 300 tons of talc daily in this area. -The Desert Magazine, February 1942 In the early 1900's, GPS technology wasn't what it was today, and signs telling you where you were and which way to go were important for all of the early routes. Alex, Andy, and Brent have an excellent web site here describing the signs used on the Midland Trail. WHAT IS Much of the Midland Trail in Nevada was replaced by US 6. US 6 was one of the original U.S. highways in the 1925 Bureau of Public Roads plan. It was commissioned in 1926, but was not extended west into Nevada until 1937. On June 21, 1937, U.S. 6 became a transcontinental highway. The alignment of US 6 in Nevada has remained largely unchanged since then. Although some nasty dirt portions of the original Trail remain, this route is now, for the most part, paved and well-maintained dirt roads from Utah to the California border. The distance from Ely to Tonopah is 169 gas-stationless miles, and 125 gas-stationless miles await you from Tonopah to Big Pine, so you want to make sure you have the essential survival things and plenty of gas if you're going to traverse this route. and of course, if you're going to travel some of the remaining original route, you will want to be well prepared for off-road travel. I ride over to another old mining center on State Route 266, Lida, which had its good times and bad, and essentially shut down following World War I. The post office, opened in 1873, closed in 1932. It is all private property now, and at the entrance is a total of three mailboxes. Not much to see, unless I want to trespass. NEVADA --the #1 GOLD MINING STATE in the COUNTRY and #3 in the WORLD. Lida country side offers the sereneness of a tranquil life while stepping back in time about 100 years. Artesian Spring Waters flow throughout the various springs in this area of Esmeralda County. It is most definitely a name you will hear a lot in the upcoming days in the world of the gold mining industry. ---- Lida Post Office........ Lida Town Site was home to over 500 people in the early 1900's. Old Rosters of the area reflect about 30 various mining companies. YESTERYEAR... in the late 1800's and early 1900's Lida was a booming Gold Town. This townsite included a bank, saloon, post office, general store, school and other entities. A major water source for Esmeralda County - a water company was formed with thousands of acre feet of water – Goldfield Consolidated Water Co. They supplied water all the way to Goldfield via pipelines for both residential and the mines in Goldfield and Lida areas. Said water company is no longer in business but, there is lots of water in the area. Back in the days when Gold & Silver was sold for cents, not even dollars, a stagecoach ran daily from Lida to Goldfield which is about 40milesaway. Some of the old dirt backroads will lead you through the old mining areas where remnants of old mill sites and tailings remain. Lida Ranch features approximately 2700 acres of non-contiguous parcels with springs. Part of this Ranch was once owned by the late Art Linkletter. Some of the surrounding areas are now owned by the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. Today, only a few families live in the town site of Lida. Some of the land and water rights in the Lida area were also owned by the late Floyd Lamb back in 1949. Many mines in this area were owned by the late Howard Hughes. Hughes used to frequent Lida Junction located on corner of Hwy 95 to Reno and Hwy 266 to Lida (19 miles to Lida from corner). There is a dirt airstrip behind the infamous COTTONTAIL RANCH brothel of which the building still remains, though closed – for now. The dirt airstrip is leased by Esmeralda County from BLM. Rumors were that Hughes used to frequent the brothel about three times a week. Mr. Hughes never rebutted these rumors as he was a very private man. So private in fact, that very few people knew that he owned, via his company names, many mines in the Lida Valley area of which he was more likely to have been visiting. That was still in the days when Gold and most minerals were far from the price range of today. At one time Goldfield used to be the largest city in the State of Nevada with many famous names including Wyatt and Virgil Earp that have traveled the roads of both Goldfield and Lida. Lida Junction aka Cottontail Ranch sits on 4.13 acres with future plans for a service station, grocery, bar and/or motel on this major corner. It is also the only non BLM land in area at this time. Lida will soon be a name on the Nevada map that you will long remember. Its picturesque scenery is "Just Like In the Movies" -- you’ll "Love Lida". Disclaimer: We search for HISTORY as a hobby. Endless souces. Much can come from others neverless endless sources. Does this website sell anything ? NO Donations ? NO. This is non-commercial. I consider my websites under copyright. Again..no money here !! Educational.