History of Nevada; . 5 cents; barlej 9(^10cents; hay per ton, 875. Adobes are valueless, andthere is no brick, shingles, nor shakes in the market. Nye County, at present, is classed among the un-developed counties, being distant from, and untouchedby any railroad. Every other county has some rail-road history, but this great means of developmentpromises to reach these most distant parts at anearly day. From the east is promised the extensionof the Utah Southern from Milford, through thenorthern part of Lincoln, crossing thiscountj- bj- Rev-eille and Tum Pah-Ute, opening easj- communicationto B
History of Nevada; . 5 cents; barlej 9(^10cents; hay per ton, 875. Adobes are valueless, andthere is no brick, shingles, nor shakes in the market. Nye County, at present, is classed among the un-developed counties, being distant from, and untouchedby any railroad. Every other county has some rail-road history, but this great means of developmentpromises to reach these most distant parts at anearly day. From the east is promised the extensionof the Utah Southern from Milford, through thenorthern part of Lincoln, crossing thiscountj- bj- Rev-eille and Tum Pah-Ute, opening easj- communicationto Belmont, San Antonio. Smoky Valley and to ajunction at Silver Peak with a railroad from Califor-nia. The work of construction has already begunfor the extension of the Nevada Central from Ledliein Lander County, under the name of the NevadaSouthern Railway, which will pass through the richmining region of , and extending to ajunction with the road from California and from theEast. HISTORY OF NYE COUNTY. sn. ?yCt>^,^^^<i^ Hon. Benjamin Curler was born in Ferrisburgh,Addison County, Vermont, September 27. Tho father of our present subject being a farmer ofno great wealth, his earlydays were spent in activepursuits, and were only varied b}- his attendance atthe district school. In September, 1853, he entereda high school kept by B. B. Allen, at Vergennes,Vermont, and at the expiration of the term, re-turned to his fathers farm, and worked until theschool opened again the next September, when heonce more settled down to his studies in good earn-est. After his second term, he taught a school forfour months. During his twenty-first year of lifehe emigrated to Illinois, but returned to his nativeState, and taught school that winter. In the spring of185C he again went to Illinois, and for a period ofnearly two years was engaged in teaching school, andreading law. In the fall of 1857 he went to Wisconsinremaining but a short time, however, when he re-turned to Il
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