Walker Lake
                                  Located about 16 miles North of Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada

                                  Contributed by Eileen Gillette
                                  Copyright 2012


                                                       R   4/29/2012
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  This is a single grave overlooking Walker Lake.  It is located in the community of Walker Lake.

  "Mrs. Virginia Mahon, wife of Harold Mahon of Hawthorne was shot and killed
  by ex con and Montana parolee Alvin Peterson, 33, a highway worker. Mahon
  owned and operated the Cliff House (where she was shot to death) resort which
  at one time was on the other side of the road from where it is now. She is buried
  on the corner of Leona and Gladys Way in Walker Lake, Mineral, NV on the site
  of her old chicken coupe not far from the original site of the Cliff House." Eileen Gillette

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  NAME                            BORN              DIED            OTHER INFORMATION

* MAHON, Virginia                 1907               1960