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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Piute Valley, Searchlight, Nevada, Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada, Mohave Valley, Eagle Valley, Piute Range, Las Vegas Valley, Piute Wash, List of valleys of Nevada, Fish Lake Valley, Dead Mountains, Virgin Valley, Indian Springs Valley, Antelope Valley, Eldorado Valley, Hamlin Valley, Nevada State Route 163, Cactus Flat, Snake Valley, Three Lakes Valley, Nevada State Route 164, Pahrump Valley, Ruby Valley, Goshute Valley, Lahontan Valley, Carson Desert, Dixie Valley, Pahranagat Valley, Lamoille Canyon, Big Smoky Valley, Amargosa Valley, Railroad Valley, Sarcobatus Flat, Hualapai Flat, Washoe Valley, Nevada, Kidwell Airport, Ivanpah Valley, Steptoe Valley, Diamond Valley, Oasis Valley, Little Smoky Valley, Simpson Park, Crater Flat, Truckee Meadows, Dry Lake Valley, Strawberry Valley, Delamar Valley, Mason Valley, Newark Valley. Excerpt: Searchlight is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, that extends north and south from the community of Searchlight at the topographic saddle between two mountain ranges. According to Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who has written extensively about his hometown, the most likely story as to how the town received its name was when George Frederick Colton was looking for gold in the area in 1897 he supposedly said that it would take a searchlight to find gold ore there. Shortly thereafter he found gold, leading to a boom era when Searchlight had a larger population than Las Vegas. At the time, it was in Lincoln County, Nevada. As talk surfaced for carving Clark County, Nevada out of Lincoln County, Searchlight was initially considered to be the county seat. Between 1907 and 1910 the gold mines produced $7 million in gold and other precious minerals and the town had a population of about 1,500. Other stories on the origin of the name include a story that Colton was lighting a Searc...
