Sherman, Nevada

Sherman, Nevada
Ghost Town
Sherman Sherman Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 40°57′10″N 115°44′16″W / 40.95278°N 115.73778°WCoordinates: 40°57′10″N 115°44′16″W / 40.95278°N 115.73778°W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Elko
Elevation	4,925 ft (1,501 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

Sherman is an unincorporated community semi ghost town in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.

History

The history of Sherman is linked with Valentine Walter family's history. Valentine and his wife came from Eureka and has homesteaded in Sherman Creek by 1876. The couple had twelve children. Because he had so many children, Walter has the permission to open and to create his own school district on May 9, 1886. Sherma was stop of stagecoach. The Walthers provided food and lodging. Walther had the finest grove in Nevada at that time. In this orchard raised cherries, plums, apricots, apples (250 apple trees). Unhappily, Mrs Walther has died in June 1895 and Valentine was alone to create 11 children (one of child has died just two months of life). In 1902, he and his friend began build a huge nine-room log home which took 2 years to finish. In 1922, Walther has sold his ranch and retired to Elko, where he died in 1933. Nowadays, Sherman is a private property behind a gate and should not be entered without permission, but many of the buildings of early times remain, such as a blacksmith shop and the school.^[1]

Notes

1. ghosttowns.com. "Sherman, Nevada". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.