My grandmother's first home in America was her uncle Patrick Walsh's Home Ranch in Austin, NV. She arrived from Ireland by boat to New York, took the train to Battle Mountain and was met by a horse & buggy for the long ride back to the ranch. Her brother Joe Walsh didn't have the train fare ($5.00) so he traveled south to Galveston by boat and eventually joined her in Nevada.
Walsh Ranch
My grandmother on a horse.
Haying
John & Patsy Walsh (Patrick Jr.)
Shoshone hired hand
My grandmother's Uncle Pat; his sons, John & Patsy Walsh
Coyotes & pumas
These coyote skins became fur coats for my grandmother and her aunt May but back in San Francisco, the dogs followed them growling so they had to abandon their new fur coats they'd made.
Map: courtesy of Bea Walsh Bible
Click on it to enlarge. Those are Bea's notes to a nephew.
From 1911 Reese River Reveille. Where it says Granma Walsh's, that's Bea's mom, not her grandmother... Walshes, Bowlers, Martin ranches, all related; Bowler was her grandmother's son-in-law, Martin was her brother-in-law (and also a Patrick!).
© 2009 Maureen Hurley & Jane Walsh Reilly
Note Bene: Joe Walsh has created a Nevada Walsh Website
