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WALKER
LAKE
Approximately
16 miles north of Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada
38.653266,-118.761156
| All photos taken by Eileen Gillette
of Hawthorne, Nevada; Copyright 2012 |
| "Mrs. Virginia Mahon, wife of
Harold Mahon of Hawthorne was shot and killed by ex con and Montana parolee Alvin Peterson, 33, a highway worker. Mahon owned and operated the Cliff House (where she was shot to death) resort which at one time was on the other side of the road from where it is now. She is buried on the corner of Leona and Gladys Way in Walker Lake, Mineral, NV on the site of her old chicken coupe not far from the original site of the Cliff House." Eileen Gillette |
For inquiries about Nevada
Cemeteries, burials and/or this project, or about this page or
the pictures,
contact Gerry Perry the Nevada
Tombstone Coordinator,
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This page was last updated April 29,
2012
Copyright © 2012 USGenWeb Tombstone Project, Gerry Perry
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