Fay, Nevada | |
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  Fay  Fay | |
| Coordinates: 37°54′29″N114°04′12″W / 37.90806°N 114.07000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Lincoln |
| Elevation | 6,926 ft (2,111 m) |
| Population (1910) [1] | |
| • Total | 99 |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 856025 [2] |
Fay is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. [2]
The Fay post office was in operation from September 1900 until July 1924. [3]
In 1910, the population of the Fay precinct was 99. [1]
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Ragtown, Nevada, is a Churchill County ghost town of an abandoned 1854 trading post west of Fallon.
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Barclay is a town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. Originally a Mormon settlement in the late 1860s, it has few residents and appears on several ghost town lists. The Barclay post office closed in 1910. Main sites in the town include an old Mormon cemetery, and an abandoned Post Office, the latter being one of the few remaining buildings in the town.
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Brigadier General Darr Hayes Alkire (1903–1977) was a pilot for the United States Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces, and the United States Air Force. He was the senior officer in command of the West Compound at Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp after being shot down and captured in 1944.
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