Eightmile, Nevada

Eightmile is a locale on the Goshute Indian Reservation in White Pine County, Nevada.

It was later a stagecoach station along the Central Overland Route across the territory and then the state of Nevada.

[2] During the American Civil War and during the Snake War, this station was also frequently occupied by Union Army troops and later U. S. Army regulars from Fort Ruby, it was one of several outposts used to defend and keep open this transportation route that linked the western states and territories to the eastern part of the country before the completion of the construction of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.

[3] The Lincoln Highway passed through Eightmile on its route from Ibapah, Utah to Ely, Nevada.

[3] The site of the Georgetta Ranch, also referred to as Eightmile, is located nearby.

Illustrated Map of Pony Express Route in 1860 by William Henry Jackson ~ Courtesy the Library of Congress ~ The Pony Express mail route, April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861; Reproduction of Jackson illustration issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pony Express founding on April 3, 1960. Reproduction of Jackson's map issued by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
White Pine County map