Editing Blue Diamond, Nevada (section)

==History==
Blue Diamond is the site of [[Cottonwood Spring (Blue Diamond, Nevada)|Cottonwood Spring]] (formerly known as Ojo de Cayetana, or Pearl Spring), a watering place and camp site on the [[Old Spanish Trail (trade route)|Old Spanish Trail]] and the later [[Mormon Road]] between [[Mountain Springs, Nevada|Mountain Springs]] and [[Las Vegas Springs]].  The springs are located on a mountainside south of the town at {{coord|36|02|44|N|115|24|22|W|display=inline}} at an elevation of 3409 feet.<ref name=CottonwoodSpring>{{GNIS|847295|Cottonwood Spring}}</ref>

The nearby [[gypsum]] mine was purchased in 1923 by the Blue Diamond Corporation of California.<ref name=carlson>{{cite book|title=Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary|author=Helen S. Carlson|publisher=University of Nevada Press|year=1974|pages=54–55|isbn=9780874170948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&pg=PA54}}</ref> The company opened a [[wallboard]] manufacturing plant at the site in 1941, and then began building a [[company town]] in 1942.<ref name=moulin>{{cite book|title=Red Rock Canyon Visitor Guide|publisher=Snell Press|pages=50–51|author=Tom Moulin|year=2013|url=http://www.snellpress.com/rrcvg/rrcvg-samples/red-rock-canyon-visitor-guide-history.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065203/http://www.snellpress.com/rrcvg/rrcvg-samples/red-rock-canyon-visitor-guide-history.pdf |archive-date=2017-10-29 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Gypsum Production at Blue Diamond, Nevada, 1924-1959|author=Kim Geary|journal=Nevada Historical Society Quarterly|volume=26|number=2|date=Summer 1983|page=118|url=http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1983-2Summer.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207182240/http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-1983-2Summer.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-07 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> The village of Cottonwood became known as Blue Diamondville that year, when a post office opened under that name.<ref name=carlson /><ref name=gamett>{{cite book|title=Nevada Post Offices: An Illustrated History|author1=James Gamett|author2=Stanley W. Paher|publisher=Nevada Publications|year=1983|page=55}}</ref> The name was changed to Blue Diamond later in the year, although some authorities continued to refer to it as Blue Diamondville until at least 1950.<ref name=gamett /><ref>{{cite news|title=Blue Diamond name official|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=July 7, 1950|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20906990/blue_diamond_name_official/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>