131. RUBY VALLEY STATION
Most sources acknowledge
The area's rich soil provided excellent opportunities to raise food and hay
for the other stations along the route. A band of Shoshone and the army also
established camps near the station at various times. Camp Floyd's Company B of
the 4th Artillery Regiment arrived at Ruby Valley in May 1860 to protect the
mail route during the Pyramid Lake War and remained there until October. [103] Thereafter, the
station's name appeared on the 1861 mail contract list. [104]
As of 1979, a brass marker, provided by the Northeastern Nevada Historical
Society, identified the station site. [105]