Emigrant Valley

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

Emigrant Valley was named from a party of emigrants which traveled through it.[2] The valley is home to the Groom Lake Facility of the Nevada Test Range, popularly known as Area 51.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emigrant Valley
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 44.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.