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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGP_the-old-spanish-trail_Blue-Diamond-NV.html
Stretching for 130 miles across Clark County, this historic horse trail became Nevada's first route of commerce in 1829 when trade was initiated between Santa Fe and Los Angles. The trail was later used by the wagons of the "49ers" and Mormon pion…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGN_the-welcome-to-las-vegas-sign_Las-Vegas-NV.html
The Welcome To Las Vegas Sign1959Has been placed on the National Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGM_the-little-church-of-the-west_Las-Vegas-NV.html
Built 1942Has been placed on the National Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFD_rafael-rivera_Las-Vegas-NV.html
This historical marker commemorates the valor and service of pioneer scout Rafael Rivera, the first Caucasian of record to view and traverse Las Vegas valley. Scouting for Antonia Armijo's sixty man trading party from Abiquiu, N.M. in January 1830…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETD_kyle-kiel-ranch_North-Las-Vegas-NV.html
Established by Conrad Kiel in 1875, this was one of the only two major ranches in Las Vegas Valley throughout the 19th century. The Kiel tenure was marked by violence. Neighboring rancher Archibald Stewart was killed in a gunfight here in 1884. Ed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24H_pueblo-grande-de-nevada_Flovilla-NV.html
Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of "Anasazi" people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24G_pioneers_Flovilla-NV.html
Dedicated to those stalwart pioneers who forged an oasis out of the desert sands
The St. Thomas Cemetery was established in the 1860s in the town of St. Thomas, Nevada. Anticipating inundation of the town by the waters of Lake Mead, the graves…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24E_moapa-valley-pioneers_Moapa-Valley-NV.html
In 1864 Brigham Young called for settlers to colonize the Muddy (now Moapa) Valley. On January 8, 1865, eleven men and three women arrived and began the first settlement at St. Thomas, now covered by the waters of Lake Mead. Later other settlement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24D_lost-city-museum_Georgetown-NV.html
This property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to display artifacts of prehistoric Native American cultures.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24C_fay-perkins-sr_Georgetown-NV.html
January 28, 1885—October 10, 1962
Fay Perkins Sr., was born in Overton, Nevada and spent his entire life in Moapa Valley. In 1924, Fay Perkins and his brother John Perkins reported to Governor James G. Scrugham that many ancient Indian r…