Last Lynching in Nevada - Hazen, NV
N 39° 33.806 W 119° 02.875
11S E 324075 N 4381307
Hazen Nevada has the dubious distinction of being the last place in Nevada where a lynching occurred.
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Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2012
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Hazen is located along Highway 50 between Fernley and Fallon. There isn't much left of the town that was established over 100 years ago. An historical marker along Highway 50 in Hazen reads:
Hazen was named for William Babcock Hazen, who served under General Sherman in his "march to the sea." The town, established in 1903 to house laborers working on the Newlands Irrigation Project south of here, included hotels, saloons, brothels, churches and schools.
In 1905 the first train came through on the new routing to Tonopah. In 1906 the Southern Pacific Railroad built a large roundhouse here as well as a fine depot.
In 1908 Hazen was nearly destroyed by fire.
As a tough town, it had no peer in the state. Nevada's last lynching occurred in Hazen when "Red" Wood was taken from the wooden jail and hanged on February 28, 1905.
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