Yerington Monday: Weed Heights
Just a few miles from Yerington was the Anaconda Copper mine and the miners housing, which we called Weed Heights. Many of my classmates were from there and we attended the same schools. I used to go visit my cousins, go swimming in their pool and took my first golf lesson at their golf course. I have too many wonderful memories to mention of my visits with family and classmates at Weed Heights.
Anaconda Pit The Anaconda Mine Pit as viewed from the lookout point at Weed Heights. This pit was in production of copper from 1950 through 1978.
Weed Heights, just above the old Anaconda open-pit, the dumps of which are visible from the town of Yerington.
Weed Heights Map The whole town was laid out on 7 streets (rows)
Weed Heights Post Office
Weed Heights Administrative Offices
Weed Heights Guard Shack
The Pit - Today there’s just one good place for looking down into the pit, this overlook at the far west end, at the edge of Weed Heights. Two old tires frame signs that tell us about the pit.
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- Meredith Mayeroff Yes, I had many friends at Weed Heights too. You might mention that before the public pool was built in Yerington, the pool at Weed Heights was the only place to swim, but you needed to be accompanied by a resident and the girls had to wear a swimming cap. Remember those?
- Marilyn Betz Peterie A lot of us lived there after We married and raised our children there until it shut down. My Dad was a guard.
- Linda Edwards moved there in 1952, from Sibnite ,IDAHO..have so many memories growing up there, such a close community, everyone knew each other.Fun times!
- Dawnette Kelley I lived there from age 3 until age 15 @ 318 Dayton St. Right on the corner of Tahoe and across the street were my cousins, Stephen and Patty Estep in front of the Estep’s on Comstock were Connie and Ronnie Provost. Karla Robinson-Carlos lived two houses over and Linda n Debbie Peterson lived behind us on Eureka St. Linda and Ronnie Carey lived one block over. I could go on n on:-) I loved my life there. We had so much fun playing kick the can at night and swimming all day long as you might well imagine. Sleeping out in the summer n chasing after the mosquito sprayer so no one could see us in the spray.
- Owen Barton twin peaks, horse corrals, bus stops,commissary,cart races,Santa at Christmas giving gifts, baseball fields,swimming pool ,kool-aid stands ,so many kids in the town site playing,--a child could not of grown up in a better environment, or place.
- Sylvia Banta Best place in the world to grow up. Loved it so much. When kids could be kids. Never wanted to stay indoors. So many great memories.
- Randy Provost Best place ever!.. Great friends. Swimming Pool, Playground, Baseball Field, Golf Course, Commissary, Bowling Alley and the surrounding desert/mountains and old mines to play in/explore. The Company went all out for most holidays. Not a bad way to grow up.
- Chere Brown I use to love to "Trick or Treat" at Weed Heights, because the mine manager gave out WHOLE Hersey's chocolate bars, that cost him 5 cents each. At the time, I thought he must have been the richest man in the world.
- Randy Provost You know!!. We had more stuff than most "Country Clubs" have now and everyone actually liked each other.
- Sylvia Banta Randy I remember homemade go carts on the hill next to your house. Wagons and baby strollers came up missing their wheels in the summer.
- Randy Provost Sylvia!!.. Lol... Yep, we "borrowed" wheels off anything to make our race car carts!! Didn't think anyone would remember.
- Dawnette Kelley I learned to ride my bike on that same hill Randy:-) I'd start at the top of our driveway and head straight toward your house. Once I laid the bike down n skid right under the front of a car coming up the hill, scared my mom half to death as she watched from the kitchen. Memories!
- Liz Merrill Mason I lived at 303 Dayton. Sparkle Martin lived on the corner. Barry and Tim Pittman lived on one side and Ostrander’s on the other. Dave Stewart and Ronnie and Gloria Pickett lived in front of us and Bobby Bassett lived behind. Pat and Tom Rippe lived at the other end of the block below us. On the corner. I remember the games of hide and seek all the kids would join in on in the summer when it was too hot to be indoors. I also remember the Rippe boys having inner tube races down the hill from 6th row to the post office and almost getting run over. I remember when Kathy Monninger fell off her horse and hit her head. I remember Corky McDorman getting thrown out of the pool for cannonballing off the diving board and almost drowning us LOL. I remember packing lunches and hiking to twin peaks. I remember always being outside and never being bored. Fun times.
- Chere Brown Many of you may remember the Crouse family on the last row. They had 12 children and for a while they babysat us, while my mother worked. That made 16 children at the dinner table. I still marvel how Mrs. Crouse managed us all.
- Sherilyn Ostrander It was a totally fun place to grow up!
Barbara Humphreys Frolich It was wonderful, growing up there!!!
