How the Nevada town of Searchlight got its name | Las Vegas Review-Journal

Out of the many tales of how Searchlight, Nevada got its name, only George Frederick Colton the founder of the town would be able to explain it. But no one asked him and he died in 1918 with that answer. Jeffrey Kintop, a historian, narrows down the most likely theory as to why the town was named Searchlight.

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