The Reno Evening Gazette, 2 June 1908
(Reno, Nevada)

PIONEER DIES
Nicholas Prater, one of the Comstock pioneers and formerly County Commissioner of Storey County died at Virginia City Sunday night. He was 62 years of age, and death came very suddenly. Prater was quite wealthy and was the owner of the Prater tract in Sparks. He was a native of Cornwall, England, and leaves a widow and three brothers to mourn his loss.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho