List of Nevada historical markers facts for kids
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.
# | Marker name | County | Location | Notes |
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1 | Empire and the Carson River Mills | Carson City | 39°11′14″N 119°42′23″W / 39.187308°N 119.706364°W | |
2 | Pioneer Memorial Park | Humboldt | 40°58′44″N 117°44′31″W / 40.978823°N 117.741971°W | |
3 | West End of Hastings Cutoff | Elko | ||
4 | Junction House—The First Settlement | Washoe | 39°29′20″N 119°47′42″W / 39.488881°N 119.794943°W | |
5 | Pioche | Lincoln | 37°55′36″N 114°26′57″W / 37.926679°N 114.449250°W | |
6 | El Dorado Canyon | Clark | 35°49′39″N 114°56′11″W / 35.827629°N 114.936453°W | |
7 | Dayton | Lyon | 39°14′11″N 119°35′21″W / 39.236257°N 119.589297°W | |
8 | Austin | Lander | 39°29′N 117°04′W / 39.49°N 117.07°W | |
9 | Copper Country | White Pine | ||
10 | Sand Mountain | Churchill | ||
11 | Eureka | Eureka | ||
12 | Nevada's Birthplace | Douglas | ||
13 | The Comstock Lode | Storey | ||
14 | Goldfield | Esmeralda | ||
15 | Tonopah | Nye | ||
16 | Mineral County | Mineral | ||
17 | Pershing County | Pershing | ||
18 | Pyramid Lake | Washoe | 39°54′10″N 119°33′57″W / 39.902897°N 119.565775°W | |
19 | Ragtown | Churchill | 39°30′21″N 118°55′09″W / 39.505722222222°N 118.91928055556°W | |
20 | Columbus | Esmeralda | ||
21 | The Humboldt Canal | Humboldt | ||
22 | Humboldt River | Humboldt | ||
23 | Humboldt House | Pershing | ||
24 | Olinghouse | Washoe | ||
25 | Nevada's Capitol | Carson City | ||
26 | Forty-Mile Desert | Churchill | ||
27 | Grimes Point | Churchill | Prehistoric rock art site | |
28 | Mark Twain | Storey | ||
29 | Chinese in Nevada | Washoe | 39°32′05″N 119°45′12″W / 39.534713°N 119.753431°W | |
30 | Reno | Washoe | 39°31′27″N 119°48′45″W / 39.524254°N 119.812417°W | |
31 | The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850) | Clark | ||
32 | The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850) | Clark | ||
33 | The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850) | Clark | ||
34 | The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850) | Clark | ||
35 | Las Vegas Mormon Fort and Rancho | Clark | 36° 10′ 50.02″ N,
115° 07′ 57.82″ W |
Nevada's oldest building |
36 | Moapa Valley | Clark | ||
37 | Powell of the Colorado | Clark | ||
38 | Pahranagat Valley | Lincoln | ||
39 | Panaca | Lincoln | Southern Nevada's first permanent settlement, from 1864 | |
40 | Las Vegas (The Meadows) | Clark | ||
41 | Pueblo Grande de Nevada | Clark | ||
42 | Big Smoky Valley | Nye | ||
43 | Derby Diversion Dam | Washoe | ||
44 | Carson City | Carson City | ||
45 | Humboldt Wells | Elko | ||
46 | Pilot Peak | Elko | ||
47 | Fort Halleck Military Reservation | Elko | 1867-1886 | |
48 | Tuscarora | Elko | ||
49 | Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail Cutoff | Pershing | ||
50 | Carlin Canyon | Elko | ||
51 | Schellbourne | White Pine | 39°47′50″N 114°44′28″W / 39.797166666667°N 114.74116666667°W | |
52 | Cherry Creek | White Pine | ||
53 | Hamilton | White Pine | ||
54 | Ward Mining District | White Pine | ||
55 | Culverwell's Ranch | Lincoln | ||
56 | Virgin Valley | Clark | ||
57 | Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867) | Lincoln | ||
58 | Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867) | Nye | ||
59 | Stokes Castle | Lander | ||
60 | Hawthorne (Present Mineral County Seat—Former Esmeralda County Seat) | Mineral | ||
61 | Mound House | Lyon | ||
62 | Truckee River – West | Washoe | 39°30′34″N 119°56′13″W / 39.509479°N 119.936821°W | |
63 | Truckee River – East | Washoe | 39°33′00″N 119°34′25″W / 39.550130°N 119.573714°W | |
64 | Ophir | Nye | ||
65 | Palisade | Eureka | ||
66 | Jacobsville | Lander | ||
67 | Austin Churches | Lander | ||
68 | Wadsworth | Washoe | ||
69 | Jarbidge, Nevada | Elko | ||
70 | Bliss Mansion | Carson City | ||
71 | Methodist Church of Carson City | Carson City | ||
72 | Nevada State Children's Home | Carson City | ||
73 | Unknown Soldiers | Elko | ||
74 | Wellington | Lyon | ||
75 | Government Building | Carson City | ||
76 | Eagle Valley | Carson City | ||
77 | Dat-So-La-Lee | Carson City | ||
78 | Orion Clemens' Home | Carson City | ||
79 | Civil War Plot | Washoe | 39°32′10″N 119°49′12″W / 39.536177°N 119.820027°W | |
80 | Eureka County Courthouse | Eureka | ||
81 | Grand Army Of The Republic Memorial Tree | Washoe | 39°32′10″N 119°49′01″W / 39.5362352°N 119.8170339°W | |
82 | Diamond Valley | Eureka | ||
83 | Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station) | Churchill | ||
84 | Jedediah Strong Smith (Explorer of the Western Wilderness) | White Pine | 39°17′29″N 114°50′16″W / 39.291497°N 114.837905°W | (reported missing since 2013) |
85 | Sutro | Lyon | ||
86 | Tule Springs | Clark | Archeological Site | |
87 | Savage Mansion (c. 1863) | Storey | ||
88 | Sparks | Washoe | 39°32′18″N 119°46′01″W / 39.538231°N 119.7670342°W | |
89 | Paradise Valley | Humboldt | ||
90 | Delamar | Lincoln | "The Widow Maker" (1893-1909) | |
91 | Stewart Indian School | Carson City | ||
92 | Candelaria and Metallic City | Mineral | ||
93 | Panaca Mercantile Store | Lincoln | Built in 1868 as a cooperative for local commerce and trade from Utah | |
94 | The Winters Ranch (Rancho del Sierra) | Washoe | ||
95 | Battle Mountain | Lander | ||
96 | Round Mountain | Nye | 38°44′34″N 117°07′27″W / 38.74277°N 117.124042°W | |
97 | Manhattan "The Pine Tree Camp" | Nye | ||
98 | Osceola (1872-1940) | White Pine | 39°04′17″N 114°26′58″W / 39.071336111111°N 114.44954722222°W | |
99 | Taylor | White Pine | ||
100 | Nevada Northern Railway | White Pine | ||
101 | Miller's | Esmeralda | ||
102 | Goodsprings | Clark | 35°49′56″N 115°26′04″W / 35.832203°N 115.434320°W | Mining District (1856-1957) |
103 | Gypsum Cave | Clark | ||
104 | The Camel Corps | Clark | 35°10′20″N 114°42′39″W / 35.172101°N 114.710793°W | Currently MIA, Removed May 2015 |
105 | Golconda | Humboldt | ||
106 | Elko | Elko | ||
107 | Elko Airport | Elko | Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route | |
108 | Ruby Valley Pony Express Station | Elko | Reconstructed | |
109 | Lamoille Valley | Elko | ||
110 | Wagon Jack Shelter | Churchill | ||
111 | Edwards Creek Valley | Churchill | ||
112 | Carlin | Elko | ||
113 | Wabuska | Lyon | ||
114 | Franktown | Washoe | ||
115 | Potosi | Clark | 36°00′04″N 115°29′07″W / 36.000990°N 115.485413°W | |
116 | Searchlight | Clark | 35°28′06″N 114°55′21″W / 35.468373°N 114.922612°W | |
117 | Kingsbury Grade | Douglas | 38°57′56″N 119°50′23″W / 38.965531°N 119.839669°W | |
118 | Luther Canyon | Douglas | Fay Canyon | |
119 | Reul Colt Gridley | Lander | ||
120 | Walley's Hot Springs | Douglas | ||
121 | Mottsville | Douglas | 38°55′52″N 119°50′24″W / 38.931094°N 119.840094°W | |
122 | Sheridan | Douglas | ||
123 | Cradlebaugh Bridge | Douglas | ||
124 | Boyd Toll Road | Douglas | ||
125 | Twelve Mile House | Douglas | ||
126 | Double Springs, Nevada | Douglas | ||
127 | Courthouse Site (1865-1907) | Lyon | ||
128 | The Great Train Robbery (Nevada) | Washoe | 39°31′03″N 119°59′21″W / 39.517531°N 119.9890372°W | |
129 | Gardnerville | Douglas | ||
130 | Minden | Douglas | ||
131 | Dresslerville | Douglas | ||
132 | Mackay Mansion | Storey | ||
133 | Fish Lake Valley | Esmeralda | ||
134 | Trans-Sierran Pioneer Flight | Carson City | (March 22, 1919) | |
135 | New Pass Station | Churchill | ||
136 | Toquima Cave | Lander | ||
137 | Hickison Summit | Lander | ||
138 | Belmont | Nye | ||
139 | The Old Spanish Trail (Journey of Death) | Clark | ||
140 | The Old Spanish Trail (Garces Expedition) | Clark | 35°06′24″N 114°39′03″W / 35.106696°N 114.650784°W | |
141 | The Old Spanish Trail (Armijo's Route) | Clark | 36°05′52″N 114°54′17″W / 36.097650°N 114.904663°W | |
142 | The Old Spanish Trail (Mountain Springs Pass) | Clark | 35°59′54″N 115°26′52″W / 35.998436°N 115.447723°W | |
143 | Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins | Humboldt | 1844-1891 | |
144 | Fort McDermitt | Humboldt | ||
145 | Unionville (Pershing County) | Pershing | ||
146 | McDermitt Indian Reservation | Humboldt | Northern Paiute | |
147 | A Home of Early Man | Churchill | ||
148 | The Two Battles Of Pyramid Lake | Washoe | ||
149 | High Rock Canyon | Washoe | ||
150 | Nevada's First State Park | Clark | ||
151 | Duck Valley Indian Reservation | Elko | ||
152 | Gerlach | Washoe | ||
153 | Jarbidge Community Hall | Elko | ||
154 | Belleville | Mineral | ||
155 | Silver Peak | Esmeralda | Discovered 1863 | |
156 | Gold Point | Esmeralda | ||
157 | Lida | Esmeralda | ||
158 | Palmetto | Esmeralda | ||
159 | Ione | Nye | ||
160 | Panaca Spring | Lincoln | Warm spring and source of Meadow Valley's fertile lands | |
161 | Churchill County Courthouse | Churchill | ||
162 | Camp McGarry | Humboldt | ||
163 | Chinatown | Lyon | Early Name of Dayton | |
164 | Button Point | Humboldt | ||
165 | Nevada Test Site | Nye | 36° 35′ 33.49″ N,
116° 01′ 42.01″ W |
|
166 | Bowers Mansion | Washoe | ||
167 | Valmy | Humboldt | ||
168 | Arrowhead Trail (1914-1924) | Clark | ||
169 | Glendale School | Washoe | 39°32′04″N 119°45′20″W / 39.534582°N 119.7554212°W | |
170 | Eureka Sentinel Building | Eureka | ||
171 | Chief Tecopa (Peacemaker of the Paiutes) | Nye | ||
172 | Tybo | Nye | ||
173 | Beatty (Center of the Gold Railroads—"Chicago of the West") | Nye | ||
173 | Tate's Stage Station (1886-1901) | Nye | ||
174 | Blair | Esmeralda | ||
175 | Stewart-Nye Residence | Carson City | ||
176 | The Surveyors (Nevada) | Lander | ||
177 | Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station) | Lyon | ||
178 | Hazen | Churchill | ||
179 | First Air Flights in Nevada | Carson City | ||
180 | The Warm Springs Hotel | Carson City | ||
181 | The Washo Indians | Carson City | ||
182 | Panaca Ward Chapel | Lincoln | Oldest building in Lincoln County, built in 1867-68 as a LDS Church meetinghouse | |
183 | Walker River Reservation | Mineral | ||
184 | Ward Charcoal Ovens | White Pine | ||
185 | McCone's Foundries | Lyon | ||
186 | Union Hotel and Post Office | Lyon | ||
187 | The Cattle Industry | Eureka | ||
188 | Von Schmidt State Boundary Monument | Clark | 35°00′51″N 114°39′43″W / 35.014259°N 114.661825°W | |
189 | Southern Pacific Railroad Yards | Washoe | 39°32′05″N 119°45′11″W / 39.534694°N 119.7531762°W | |
190 | Original Homesite of Pioneer Las Vegas, "Pop" Squires (1865-1958) | Clark | ||
191 | Verdi | Washoe | ||
192 | Buckland's Station (On the California Emigrant Trail) | Lyon | 39°17′39″N 119°15′06″W / 39.294221°N 119.251592°W | |
193 | Historic Flume and Lumber Yard | Carson City | ||
194 | Gardner's Ranch | Carson City | ||
195 | The Last Spike | Clark | 35°49′26″N 115°17′14″W / 35.823763°N 115.287155°W | |
196 | The United States Mint at Carson City, Nevada | Carson City | ||
197 | Arrowhead Trail II | Clark | 35° 59' 50.658" N
114° 57' 32.118" W |
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198 | Steamboat Springs | Washoe | ||
199 | Camels in Dayton | Lyon | ||
200 | Hall's Station | Lyon | ||
201 | Wonder Historic Mining Camp | Churchill | Historic Mining Camp—1906-1919 | |
202 | Fairview | Churchill | 1905-1917 | |
203 | Bullionville | Lincoln | ||
204 | Jackrabbit | Lincoln | ||
205 | Crystal Springs | Lincoln | ||
206 | Hiko | Lincoln | ||
207 | Carson Valley | Douglas | ||
208 | International Hotel | Lander | First commercial building constructed in Austin in 1863 | |
209 | Chollar Mine | Storey | ||
210 | Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot | Washoe | 39°31′52″N 119°48′36″W / 39.531085°N 119.8101022°W | |
211 | Old Geiger Grade | Washoe | ||
212 | Galena | Washoe | ||
213 | Lakeview | Carson City | ||
214 | Rafael Rivera | Clark | 36°05′01″N 115°04′22″W / 36.083692°N 115.072761°W | |
215 | Lahontan Dam | Churchill | ||
216 | Stillwater | Churchill | ||
217 | Tate's Stage Station | Nye | ||
218 | Geiger Station (Magnolia House) | Washoe | ||
219 | Glenbrook | Douglas | ||
220 | The Fight of the Century | Washoe | 39°31′59″N 119°47′49″W / 39.533192°N 119.7970442°W | |
221 | Sand Harbor | Washoe | 39°12′02″N 119°55′51″W / 39.2005193°N 119.9307248°W | |
222 | Tannehill Cabin—One of Eureka's First Houses | Eureka | ||
223 | Devil's Gate | Lyon | ||
224 | Kyle Ranch | Clark | ||
225 | Spooner Area | Douglas | Logging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895 | |
226 | Cave Rock | Douglas | ||
227 | Lake Mansion | Washoe | 39°31′21″N 119°49′05″W / 39.522562°N 119.8181126°W | |
228 | The Great Fire of 1875 | Storey | ||
229 | Oil from Shale | Elko | ||
230 | Mount Rose Weather Observatory | Washoe | ||
231 | Star City | Pershing | ||
232 | Reunion in Unionville | Pershing | ||
233 | Dayton Cemetery | Lyon | ||
234 | Moana Springs | Washoe | Maps 39°29′32″N 119°48′03″W / 39.4923328°N 119.800851°W | |
235 | Camp Nye | Carson City | ||
236 | Piper's Opera House | Storey | ||
237 | Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot | Mineral | ||
238 | Huffaker's | Washoe | ||
239 | Stonehouse | Humboldt | ||
240 | Coney Island | Washoe | Maps 39°32′06″N 119°46′50″W / 39.535005°N 119.780611°W | |
242 | Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building | Esmeralda | ||
243 | Corbett—Fitzsimmons Fight | Carson City | 39°09′52″N 119°45′36″W / 39.164475°N 119.759997°W | |
244 | Dinner Station | Elko | ||
245 | Frederick Joseph DeLongchamps (June 2, 1882 – February 11, 1969) | Washoe | 39°31′30″N 119°48′44″W / 39.524964°N 119.812281°W | |
246 | The Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada | Washoe | 39°14′13″N 119°55′44″W / 39.236813°N 119.928778°W | |
247 | Site of Nevada's First Public Library | Washoe | 39°31′30″N 119°48′44″W / 39.524964°N 119.812281°W | |
248 | Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way | Washoe | 39°30′53″N 119°48′27″W / 39.5146446°N 119.8075372°W | |
249 | Union Pacific Depot—1923 | Lincoln | ||
250 | State Printing Building | Carson City | ||
251 | Diamondfield Jack Davis | Elko | ||
252 | Rinckel Mansion | Carson City | ||
253 | Emigrant—Donner Camp | Washoe | 39°28′34″N 119°45′15″W / 39.476005°N 119.754087°W | |
254 | Nevada's Mining Heritage | Eureka | ||
255 | Wilson Canyon | Lyon | ||
256 | Historic Transportation | Washoe | ||
257 | Nevada's First Gold Discovery | Lyon | ||
258 | Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather Station | Carson City | ||
259 | The Governor's Mansion | Carson City | ||
260 | Contact | Elko | ||
261 | Spooner Summit | Douglas | ||
262 | Dayton School House - 1865 | Lyon | ||
263 | Oats Park School | Churchill | ||
265 | Governor Emmet Derby Boyle | Washoe | ||
266 | African Americans and the Boston Saloon | Storey | ||
267 | Galena Creek Fish Hatchery | Washoe | ||
268 | *UNASSIGNED* | Nevada | ||
269 | Ely - Forging the Link | White Pine | ||
270 | The Morelli House | Clark | ||
271 | Pony Express Trail | Churchill | ||
272 | *UNASSIGNED* | Nevada | ||
273 | *UNASSIGNED* | Nevada | ||
274 | Nevada State Hospital | Washoe |
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