Buffalo Valley (Nevada)

Buffalo Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

Buffalo Valley was so named on account of buffalo grass in the area.[2] There is a giant concrete arrow, a remainder of over 1500 built in the USA during the 1920s to enable US postal service aircraft navigate more easily prior to the addition of in-craft radio.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Valley (Nevada)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 40.
  3. Ryan Kern (22 July 2017). "Knowing Nevada: Massive concrete arrows across the state". News4. Retrieved 5 December 2018.


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