Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Lake, Myron C. June 20, 1884
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Reno Evening Gazette June 20, 1884
An Old Settler Gone
The Dark Angel Gathers in Another Victim
At half past 6 this morning M. C. Lake died of asthma at his residence, the Lake
House, after a short illness.  It is true he had been suffering with that
complaint for several years, and one or two other occasions he came near dying
from its effects; but his last illness was not considered very dangerous, as he
was around and able to attend to his business as usual until yesterday evening,
when he was compelled to go to bed.  All during the night he was suffering very
much, but still the family was not alarmed until about 6 o’clock this morning at
which time he was taken with a violent fit of coughing, and before his
physician, Dr. Hogan, could be summoned he was dead.
Myron C. Lake was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1828, and was at the time of
his death 56 years old.  His boyhood days were spent in farming near his
birthplace until the breaking out of the Mexican war when he joined the Fifth
Illinois Volunteers and served throughout the campaign.  In 1850 he came to
California and engaged iin mining at Rabbit Creek, where he experienced the
usual fortune of a miner, some success, but more hard work and disappointment
than the success justified, and so he quit the business of mining and settled
down to farming near Susanville, Cal.  At that time he was very poor, and
actually sold the coat off his back to buy seed for his farm.  In a few years he
was comfortably fixed, and in 1860 he bought or traded for the fuller toll road
and bridge, which crosses the Truckee river at the site of the present Reno iron
bridge, and he afterwards acquired title to the land where Reno now stands.
The Territorial Legislature granted him a franchise to take tolls on the road
leading from Long Valley in California to Anderson’s Station in Nevada, which
after Reno was located, proved to be a great fortune.  When the Central Pacific
Railroad reached this point all the land became immediately valuable and the
toll bridge alone yielded Mr. Lake an income of $40,000 a year until his
franchise terminated.  The bridge and land formed the basis of his large estate
today.  Mr. Lake has been identified with the best business interests of Reno,
and has done much to make Reno what it now is.  He invested large sums of money
in enterprises that have certainly been of great benefit to the town.  He leaves
a wife and one child and a host of friends to mourn for him.  The funeral will
take place on Sunday.



WRG
June 26, 1884
Large Funeral
The funeral of late Myron C. Lake, was very largely attended Sunday by the
friends and acquaintances of the deceased.  The religious services were
conducted by the Rev. Wm. Lucas, at the Lake House, and long before the hour
appointed for the funeral the plaza in front of the hotel was packed with
carriages and vehicles of every description.  At half past 2 the cortege started
from the house, headed by the members of Truckee Lodge No. 14 and Reno Lodge No.
19, I.O.O.F., followed by the hearse, drawn by four magnificent sable horses,
after which came the wife and child of the deceased, and a long line of
carriages, 79 in number, slowly and solemnly followed the remains to Odd
Fellows’ cemetery, where the members of that order, pronounced the last sad and
impressive ceremonies due to the worthy departed.  The pall bearers, all members
of the mystic order, detailed from the Lodge and Encampment, were Isaac
Fredrick, J. S. Shoemaker, George Becker, N. P. Nelligan, E. C. Leadbetter, J.
C. Smith, Robert Ash, Thomas Barnett, J. B. Williams, W. C. Snodgrass

M. C. Lake’s Will
A will was filed Monday in the County Clerk’s office, made by Myron C. Lake in
September 1882, by the terms of which his son, Myron Charles Lake, is bequeathed
all the property real and personal, but he is not to have possession until he
arrives at the age of 21 years, and cannot sell or dispose of any of the
property until he arrives at the age of 27.  In case of the death of the son
before he arrives at the age named, the property is to be equally divided
between the testator’s brothers, Almon, Edwin and Albert Lake, and his sister
Melissa.  The Trustees of Truckee Lodge No. 14, I.O.O.F., are authorized to
appoint executors, subject to the approval of the Judge of the District Court,
who shall fix the amount of bonds.  It is thought a later will than this exists
somewhere.



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