Tenabo, Nevada
# Tenabo, Nevada

Tenabo is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada United States.

## History

In 1905, Charles Montgomery discovered gold near Lander, Nevada on the eastern slope of the Shoshone Range. This new find became the site of Tenabo. In 1907, there was a rush of prospectors to the site. The Tenabo mining camp was established soon after, east of the mines. Within a few months, Tenabo had a population of 1000, a hotel, restaurant, school, saloons and brothels. The scarcity of water was always a challenge for the mining community, and needed to be hauled from springs miles away.

From 1907—1910, multiple productive mines kept a mill running, but after 1911, mining operations started to decline. The post office opened in December 1906 and closed July in 1912. In 1916, a miner named A.E. Raleigh discovered placer gold in Mill Gulch nearby. Placer mining continued in the area for the next twenty years.

## Etymology

Tenabo may have been named by New Mexicans after an ancient pueblo, or Tenabo may be a Paiute word, meaning of "dark colored water".

