List of Nevada historical markers explained

Nevada historical markers identify significant places of interest in Nevada's history. The Historic Marker Program was initiated by the Nevada State Legislature in 1967 to bring the state's heritage to the public's attention with on-site markers. Because of budget cuts the program became dormant in 2009.[1]

List of Nevada historical markers
Marker nameCountyLocationNotes
1Empire and the Carson River Mills[2]
2Pioneer Memorial ParkHumboldt[3]
3West End of Hastings CutoffElko[4]
4Junction House—The First SettlementWashoe[5]
5PiocheLincoln[6]
6El Dorado CanyonClark[7]
7DaytonLyon[8]
8AustinLander[9]
9Copper CountryWhite Pine[10]
10Sand MountainChurchill[11]
11EurekaEureka[12]
12Nevada's BirthplaceDouglas[13]
13The Comstock LodeStorey[14]
14GoldfieldEsmeralda[15]
15TonopahNye[16]
16Mineral CountyMineral[17]
17Pershing CountyPershing
18Pyramid LakeWashoe
19RagtownChurchill
20ColumbusEsmeralda
21The Humboldt CanalHumboldt
22Humboldt RiverHumboldt
23Humboldt HousePershing[18]
24OlinghouseWashoe
25Nevada's CapitolCarson City
26Forty-Mile DesertChurchill
27Grimes PointChurchill Prehistoric rock art site
28Mark TwainStorey
29Chinese in NevadaWashoe
30RenoWashoe
31The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)Clark
32The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)Clark
33The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)Clark
34The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)Clark
35Las Vegas Mormon Fort and RanchoClark36° 10′ 50.02″ N,115° 07′ 57.82″ WNevada's oldest building
36Moapa ValleyClark
37Powell of the ColoradoClark
38Pahranagat ValleyLincoln
39PanacaLincolnSouthern Nevada's first permanent settlement, from 1864
40Las Vegas (The Meadows)Clark
41Pueblo Grande de NevadaClark
42Big Smoky ValleyNye
43Derby Diversion DamWashoe
44Carson CityCarson City
45Humboldt WellsElko
46Pilot PeakElko
47Fort Halleck Military ReservationElko1867-1886
48TuscaroraElko
49Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail CutoffPershing
50Carlin CanyonElko
51SchellbourneWhite Pine
52Cherry CreekWhite Pine
53HamiltonWhite Pine
54Ward Mining DistrictWhite Pine
55Culverwell's RanchLincoln
56Virgin ValleyClark
57Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)Lincoln
58Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)Nye
59Stokes CastleLander
60Hawthorne (Present Mineral County Seat—Former Esmeralda County Seat)Mineral[19]
61Mound HouseLyon
62Truckee River – WestWashoe
63Truckee River – EastWashoe
64OphirNye
65PalisadeEureka
66JacobsvilleLander
67Austin ChurchesLander
68WadsworthWashoe
69Jarbidge, NevadaElko
70Bliss MansionCarson City
71Methodist Church of Carson CityCarson City
72Nevada State Children's HomeCarson City
73Unknown SoldiersElko
74WellingtonLyon
75Government BuildingCarson City
76Eagle ValleyCarson City
77Dat-So-La-LeeCarson City
78Orion Clemens' HomeCarson City
79Civil War PlotWashoe
80Eureka County CourthouseEureka
81Grand Army Of The Republic Memorial TreeWashoe
82Diamond ValleyEureka
83Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station)Churchill
84Jedediah Strong Smith (Explorer of the Western Wilderness)White Pine(reported missing since 2013)[20]
85SutroLyon
86Tule SpringsClarkArcheological Site
87Savage Mansion (c. 1863)Storey
88SparksWashoe
89Paradise ValleyHumboldt
90DelamarLincoln"The Widow Maker" (1893-1909)
91Stewart Indian SchoolCarson City
92Candelaria and Metallic CityMineral
93Panaca Mercantile StoreLincolnBuilt in 1868 as a cooperative for local commerce and trade from Utah
94The Winters Ranch (Rancho del Sierra)Washoe
95Battle MountainLander
96Round MountainNye
97Manhattan "The Pine Tree Camp"Nye
98Osceola (1872-1940)White Pine
99TaylorWhite Pine
100Nevada Northern RailwayWhite Pine
101Miller'sEsmeralda
102GoodspringsClark Mining District (1856-1957)
103Gypsum CaveClark
104The Camel CorpsClark Currently MIA, Removed May 2015
105GolcondaHumboldt
106ElkoElko
107Elko AirportElkoTerminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route
108Ruby Valley Pony Express StationElkoReconstructed
109Lamoille ValleyElko
110Wagon Jack ShelterChurchill
111Edwards Creek ValleyChurchill
112CarlinElko
113WabuskaLyon
114FranktownWashoe
115PotosiClark
116SearchlightClark
117Kingsbury GradeDouglas
118Luther CanyonDouglas Fay Canyon
119Reul Colt GridleyLander
120Walley's Hot SpringsDouglas
121MottsvilleDouglas
122SheridanDouglas
123Cradlebaugh BridgeDouglas
124Boyd Toll RoadDouglas
125Twelve Mile HouseDouglas
126Double Springs, NevadaDouglas
127Courthouse Site (1865-1907)Lyon
128The Great Train Robbery (Nevada)Washoe
129GardnervilleDouglas
130MindenDouglas
131DresslervilleDouglas
132Mackay MansionStorey
133Fish Lake ValleyEsmeralda
134Trans-Sierran Pioneer FlightCarson City(March 22, 1919)
135New Pass StationChurchill
136Toquima CaveLander
137Hickison SummitLander
138BelmontNye
139The Old Spanish Trail (Journey of Death)Clark
140The Old Spanish Trail (Garces Expedition)Clark
141The Old Spanish Trail (Armijo's Route)Clark
142The Old Spanish Trail (Mountain Springs Pass)Clark
143Sarah Winnemucca HopkinsHumboldt1844-1891
144Fort McDermittHumboldt
145Unionville (Pershing County)Pershing
146McDermitt Indian ReservationHumboldtNorthern Paiute
147A Home of Early ManChurchill
148The Two Battles Of Pyramid LakeWashoe
149High Rock CanyonWashoe
150Nevada's First State ParkClark
151Duck Valley Indian ReservationElko
152GerlachWashoe
153Jarbidge Community HallElko
154BellevilleMineral
155Silver PeakEsmeraldaDiscovered 1863
156Gold PointEsmeralda
157LidaEsmeralda
158PalmettoEsmeralda
159IoneNye
160Panaca SpringLincolnWarm spring and source of Meadow Valley's fertile lands
161Churchill County CourthouseChurchill
162Camp McGarryHumboldt
163ChinatownLyon Early Name of Dayton
164Button PointHumboldt
165Nevada Test SiteNye36° 35′ 33.49″ N, 116° 01′ 42.01″ W
166Bowers MansionWashoe
167ValmyHumboldt
168Arrowhead Trail (1914-1924)Clark
169Glendale SchoolWashoe
170Eureka Sentinel BuildingEureka
171Chief Tecopa (Peacemaker of the Paiutes)Nye
172TyboNye
173Beatty (Center of the Gold Railroads—"Chicago of the West")Nye
173Tate's Stage Station (1886-1901)Nye
174BlairEsmeralda
175Stewart-Nye ResidenceCarson City
176The Surveyors (Nevada)Lander
177Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station)Lyon
178HazenChurchill
179First Air Flights in NevadaCarson City
180The Warm Springs HotelCarson City
181The Washo IndiansCarson City
182Panaca Ward ChapelLincolnOldest building in Lincoln County, built in 1867-68 as a LDS Church meetinghouse
183Walker River ReservationMineral
184Ward Charcoal OvensWhite Pine
185McCone's FoundriesLyon
186Union Hotel and Post OfficeLyon
187The Cattle IndustryEureka
188Von Schmidt State Boundary MonumentClark
189Southern Pacific Railroad YardsWashoe
190Original Homesite of Pioneer Las Vegas, "Pop" Squires (1865-1958)Clark
191VerdiWashoe
192Buckland's Station (On the California Emigrant Trail)Lyon
193Historic Flume and Lumber YardCarson City
194Gardner's RanchCarson City
195The Last SpikeClark
196The United States Mint at Carson City, NevadaCarson City
197Arrowhead Trail IIClark35° 59' 50.658" N114° 57' 32.118" W
198Steamboat SpringsWashoe
199Camels in DaytonLyon
200Hall's StationLyon
201Wonder Historic Mining CampChurchillHistoric Mining Camp—1906-1919
202FairviewChurchill1905-1917
203BullionvilleLincoln
204JackrabbitLincoln
205Crystal SpringsLincoln
206HikoLincoln
207Carson ValleyDouglas
208International HotelLanderFirst commercial building constructed in Austin in 1863
209Chollar MineStorey
210Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad DepotWashoe
211Old Geiger GradeWashoe
212GalenaWashoe
213LakeviewCarson City
214Rafael RiveraClark
215Lahontan DamChurchill
216StillwaterChurchill
217Tate's Stage StationNye
218Geiger Station (Magnolia House)Washoe
219GlenbrookDouglas
220The Fight of the CenturyWashoe
221Sand HarborWashoe
222Tannehill Cabin—One of Eureka's First HousesEureka
223Devil's GateLyon
224Kyle RanchClark
225Spooner AreaDouglasLogging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895
226Cave RockDouglas
227Lake MansionWashoe
228The Great Fire of 1875Storey
229Oil from ShaleElko
230Mount Rose Weather ObservatoryWashoe
231Star CityPershing
232Reunion in UnionvillePershing
233Dayton CemeteryLyon
234Moana SpringsWashoe
235Camp NyeCarson City
236Piper's Opera HouseStorey
237Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot Mineral
238Huffaker'sWashoe
239StonehouseHumboldt
240Coney IslandWashoe
242Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company BuildingEsmeralda
243Corbett—Fitzsimmons FightCarson City
244Dinner StationElko
245Frederick Joseph DeLongchamps (June 2, 1882 – February 11, 1969)Washoe
246The Great Incline of the Sierra NevadaWashoe
247Site of Nevada's First Public LibraryWashoe
248Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of WayWashoe
249Union Pacific Depot—1923Lincoln
250State Printing BuildingCarson City
251Diamondfield Jack DavisElko
252Rinckel MansionCarson City
253Emigrant—Donner CampWashoe
254Nevada's Mining HeritageEureka
255Wilson CanyonLyon
256Historic TransportationWashoe
257Nevada's First Gold DiscoveryLyon
258Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather StationCarson City
259The Governor's MansionCarson City
260ContactElko
261Spooner SummitDouglas
262Dayton School House - 1865Lyon
263Oats Park SchoolChurchill
265Governor Emmet Derby BoyleWashoe
266African Americans and the Boston SaloonStorey
267Galena Creek Fish HatcheryWashoe
268
  • UNASSIGNED*
Nevada
269Ely - Forging the LinkWhite Pine
270The Morelli HouseClark
271Pony Express TrailChurchill
272
  • UNASSIGNED*
Nevada
273
  • UNASSIGNED*
Nevada
274Nevada State HospitalWashoe

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical Markers. Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. 25 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Carson City, Nevada . 17 July 2011. .
  3. Web site: Humboldt County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  4. Web site: Elko Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  5. Web site: Washoe County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  6. Web site: Lincoln County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  7. Web site: Clark County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  8. Web site: Lyon County, Nevada . 18 July 2011. .
  9. Web site: Lander County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  10. Web site: White Pine County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  11. Web site: Churchill County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  12. Web site: Eureka County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  13. Web site: Douglas County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  14. Web site: Storey County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  15. Web site: Esmeralda County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  16. Web site: Nye County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  17. Web site: Nevada Historical Markers . Nevada State Historic Preservation Office . 24 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204045518/http://nvshpo.org/home-topmenu-17-17/historical-markers.html . 4 February 2013 .
  18. Web site: Pershing County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  19. Web site: Mineral County, Nevada . 18 July 2011 . .
  20. http://shpo.nv.gov/nevadas-historical-markers/historical-markers/jedediah-strong-smith Marker Statement

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