History of Nevada; . as well as other purposes isobtained from a bed of that stone five miles northeastof Carson City. The streams of Ormsby, notably the Carson, bear-ing their freight of lumber, mine timbers and fire-wood constitute a living and lasting source of being carriers of the forest products, theyafford irrigation for the arid soil, without whichthere would be no agriculture, no beautiful gardensor shady trees about its dwellings, and more thanall, do they afford the power which drives the manj-quartz and saw-mills which furnish remunerativeemployment for so largo a pr
History of Nevada; . as well as other purposes isobtained from a bed of that stone five miles northeastof Carson City. The streams of Ormsby, notably the Carson, bear-ing their freight of lumber, mine timbers and fire-wood constitute a living and lasting source of being carriers of the forest products, theyafford irrigation for the arid soil, without whichthere would be no agriculture, no beautiful gardensor shady trees about its dwellings, and more thanall, do they afford the power which drives the manj-quartz and saw-mills which furnish remunerativeemployment for so largo a proportion of the popu-lation. Added to these are the railroads centering atthe capital city, the Carson and Colorado reaching tothe mining regions of the southeast, and the Virginiaand Truckee extending, in one direction to the minesof the Comstock, and in the other to lieno andthe Pacific Railroad. Willi these improvements and natural resources the county presents the conditionof continued and substantial /Ui^T^^, <{/^^^-^vJ^^ ^-^ William D. Torreyson, the subject of this sketch,is a native of the State of Virginia, having beenborn in Unison, Loudoun County. September 5,1821. When he was thirteen years of age hisparents removed to Brooke County, West Virginia,where he lived with them until the year )uring his stay in Brooke County he learned theblacksmith trade, and afterward engaged in themanufacture of glass, owning the first glass-worksbuilt west of the Alleghany Mountains. In 1835 hecame to the Pacific Coast, and located at Downie-ville, Sierra County, California, where he followedblacksmithing and mining until 18G0, when he cameto Carson City, Ormsby Count)-, Nevada, where hehas since resided. Being one of the early arrivalsin this place, ho has seen the town grow up aroundhim, and has ver)- materiallj- aided the progress ofseveral branches of industry, being engaged inblacksmithing, milling and mining. He is at pres-ent the projiriotor of an extensiv
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