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This cover has a stamp that celebrates the 400th year anniversary of the historic Christopher Columbus journey to America. It was a world’s fair with complete with buildings from forty-six countries and most United States states and territories.
Another iconic building was the Palace of Fine Arts (which is now the Field Museum of Natural history and houses the famous Candelaria Meteorite - see below).
It was here that the “White City” also began. Most of the buildings were neoclassical and the facades were in white stucco. Add the extensive street lighting and Chicago had its first taste of moving into a city of the world.
Another iconic building was the Palace of Fine Arts (which is now the Field Museum of Natural history and houses the famous Candelaria Meteorite - see below).
It was here that the “White City” also began. Most of the buildings were neoclassical and the facades were in white stucco. Add the extensive street lighting and Chicago had its first taste of moving into a city of the world.
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It was here that the “White City” also began. Most of the buildings were neoclassical and the facades were in white stucco. Add the extensive street lighting and Chicago had its first taste of moving into a city of the world.
One of the most unusual aspects of the fair was the amusement park. And the attraction that caught the attention of citizens, the news, and the world was the Ferris Wheel. The organizers were looking for something to rival the Eifel Tower, but turned down proposal after proposal. That is until George Ferris brought his idea of a huge wheel to the organizers. Like the “White City” it had its detractors. But like the “White City” it would outlive any of them.
One of the most unusual aspects of the fair was the amusement park. And the attraction that caught the attention of citizens, the news, and the world was the Ferris Wheel. The organizers were looking for something to rival the Eifel Tower, but turned down proposal after proposal. That is until George Ferris brought his idea of a huge wheel to the organizers. Like the “White City” it had its detractors. But like the “White City” it would outlive any of them.
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George Ferris is Nevada’s connection to the fair. He was born just south of Carson City near Cradlebaugh, Nevada. As a young boy he was always fascinated by a large water wheel on the Carson River. It was this boyhood memory that made the first Ferris Wheel possible.
Post Office Dates:
November 23, 1882 - February 10, 1911 Esmeralda County
February 10, 1911 - January 31, 1939 Mineral County
November 23, 1882 - February 10, 1911 Esmeralda County
February 10, 1911 - January 31, 1939 Mineral County
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The Candelaria Meteorite: Have you ever seen the experiment where someone goes into a college classroom and shoots a professor (not really). The police then ask the students to identify the man and their descriptions are all over the place. The same can be said of the Great Candelaria Meteorite of 1894.
Using multiple sources, I will attempt to determine exactly what happened.
February 1, 1894
The meteorite was seen at the Lich Observatory at 10:07 on February 1, 1894. That is our starting point.
It was seen in Columbus about 10:00 or 10:05 or 10:09. I assume that 10:09 is closest. It was spotted by Mr. Charles A. King of Candelaria at 10:07 Railroad time. This sound pretty authoritative. Unfortunately Columbus and Candelaria are only a few tens of miles apart. So, I think we can throw out the Columbus time keepers.
Mr. King goes on to say “ “I live at the railroad depot, a mile from town and 500 feet above it [a perfect viewing spot]….a brilliant flash of light coming from the west illuminated the whole sky. It was so bright that the flame of a lamp by which I was reading appeared dim as it would in sunlight.
This bluish white light lasted only a few seconds (described between one and ten seconds). It seemed to burst in the air and the light went out.
Some time after the light disappeared (between ten and thirty seconds depending on where one lived there was a deafening explosion. This rattled the crockery in the houses and many thought it was an earthquake. After this there was a rumbling sound, as if railroad cars were passing by, which lasted another two or three minutes.
Truly one of Nevada’s greatest astronomical spectacles!
Searchers immediately went in search of the meteorite. But they only found remnants of the explosion. Small pieces of the meteor were found and the ground was significantly disturbed. But they found nothing that would explain such a site in the night sky on the 1st.
August 1908
Jumping forward some 14 years we find some prospectors from Tonopah who found an unusual large rock in the Quinn River Range ninety miles east of the city. They cut off some pieces with a hammer and chisel and brought the chunks back to a saloon in Tonopah.
Fred Corkill, as it happened, was in the saloon. He had been with the original searchers when they found the small pieces where the Meteor exploded. He recognized that the prospectors had found ‘they’ meteorite.
He persuaded them to show him the spot where they found the original large rock. He found the meteorite and hauled it back to Tonopah where it was displayed in the Tonopah Banking Corporation Window.
Corkill tried to find a suitable buyer for his find. The Smithsonian made an offer, but he refused. Jeannie Weir from the Nevada Historical Society wanted to buy it, but couldn’t raise the money. It finally ended up in the Field Museum in Chicago.
1. “The Great Nevada Meteor of 1894” by Earl in California Mining Journal, October 1981 (two separate articles)
2. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 6, No. 35 (1894)
3. Belmont Courier, February 10, 1894
Using multiple sources, I will attempt to determine exactly what happened.
February 1, 1894
The meteorite was seen at the Lich Observatory at 10:07 on February 1, 1894. That is our starting point.
It was seen in Columbus about 10:00 or 10:05 or 10:09. I assume that 10:09 is closest. It was spotted by Mr. Charles A. King of Candelaria at 10:07 Railroad time. This sound pretty authoritative. Unfortunately Columbus and Candelaria are only a few tens of miles apart. So, I think we can throw out the Columbus time keepers.
Mr. King goes on to say “ “I live at the railroad depot, a mile from town and 500 feet above it [a perfect viewing spot]….a brilliant flash of light coming from the west illuminated the whole sky. It was so bright that the flame of a lamp by which I was reading appeared dim as it would in sunlight.
This bluish white light lasted only a few seconds (described between one and ten seconds). It seemed to burst in the air and the light went out.
Some time after the light disappeared (between ten and thirty seconds depending on where one lived there was a deafening explosion. This rattled the crockery in the houses and many thought it was an earthquake. After this there was a rumbling sound, as if railroad cars were passing by, which lasted another two or three minutes.
Truly one of Nevada’s greatest astronomical spectacles!
Searchers immediately went in search of the meteorite. But they only found remnants of the explosion. Small pieces of the meteor were found and the ground was significantly disturbed. But they found nothing that would explain such a site in the night sky on the 1st.
August 1908
Jumping forward some 14 years we find some prospectors from Tonopah who found an unusual large rock in the Quinn River Range ninety miles east of the city. They cut off some pieces with a hammer and chisel and brought the chunks back to a saloon in Tonopah.
Fred Corkill, as it happened, was in the saloon. He had been with the original searchers when they found the small pieces where the Meteor exploded. He recognized that the prospectors had found ‘they’ meteorite.
He persuaded them to show him the spot where they found the original large rock. He found the meteorite and hauled it back to Tonopah where it was displayed in the Tonopah Banking Corporation Window.
Corkill tried to find a suitable buyer for his find. The Smithsonian made an offer, but he refused. Jeannie Weir from the Nevada Historical Society wanted to buy it, but couldn’t raise the money. It finally ended up in the Field Museum in Chicago.
1. “The Great Nevada Meteor of 1894” by Earl in California Mining Journal, October 1981 (two separate articles)
2. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 6, No. 35 (1894)
3. Belmont Courier, February 10, 1894