Sulfur (Wiley) - Lyon County We Visited:
39° 16' 46"N, 118° 16' 09"W - FRENCHMAN quad

Directions: 32.5 miles east of Fallon on highway 50

From Fallon: 32.5 miles

4WD or high clearance desired

What Was

The 1893 edition of the USGS map refers to this place as "Wiley," while newer editions use the name Sulfur.

What is

Frenchman's is, of course, gone, and with it any remnants of anything that once stood there. Haven't looked to see what's at 105 North Maine Street yet.


Benadum's Freight Station at Frenchman's.
(photo courtesy Churchill County Museum)
Mr. Benadum in his North Maine Street office.
(photo courtesy Churchill County Museum)
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