Etymology

Walker Lake

Today it means: A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Joseph R. Walker (1798–1876), a mountain man, by John C. Frémont, who scouted the area with him in the 1840s.

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