[2][3] The town was named for the wife of prospector David Buel of nearby Austin.

But most mining activity ended by 1880 with the exhaustion of local ore. Another boom came in 1905, driven by gold found in nearby Goldfield, bringing Lida's population to a peak of around 300.

But when the United States Numbered Highway System was first set in 1926, Lida was nowhere to be found.

Planners instead chose the Arrowhead Trail through Las Vegas to connect traffic to Southern California, redesignating it U.S. Route 91.

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