Boot Hill Cemetery at Pioche Nevada!!

	By the late 1870's Pioche was considered to be one of the wildest mining camps in the west. It was said that during the boom times that hired gunmen were imported at a rate of twenty a day to fight mining encroachments. With the image of the "toughest town" referenced by residents as they would point with pride to boot hill where seventy-five men were buried before anyone in the mining camp died a natural death.
The town was named after Francois L.A. Pioche, a San Francisco financier. E.M. Chubard and Joseph Grange reorganized the district and in 1868 renamed it Ely in honor of John H. Ely, who had arrived late in 1868. Shortly thereafter, Francois L.A. Pioche purchased the properties, and in 1869, the new town which had been laid out by P. McCannon, L. Lacour and A.M. Bush was named Pioche.
	July 6, 1873 John H. Lynch was shot and killed by James Harrington in Pioche. It was a dispute over a dog. Harrington woumded three other men at the same time and was sentenced to fifteen years in the state prison.
June 26, 1875 John Bass was killed by officers McKee and Kelley. Bass opened fire on the officers firing five shots. To take him, they had to kill him.
	August 1, 1873 Morgan Courtney was shot and killed by George McKinney, who lay waiting for him and then shot him in the back. McKinney was acquitted.
May, 1870 AD ROGERS was shot and killed in the hills about six miles east of Pioche, Lincoln County. He had gone out to examine some mining claims, in company with Moses Black. The latter reported that Rogers had been accidentally shot with his own pistol, which had fallen from its scabbard, the hammer striking a stone and firing it.