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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ5_twa-terminal-building_Boulder-City-NV.html
In 1938, Transcontinental and Western Air Lines, later Trans World Airlines, began serving Clark County, flying into Bullock Field in Boulder City. The airline believed that Boulder City would be a more lucrative market than nearby Las Vegas, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHT_powell-of-the-colorado_Moapa-Valley-NV.html
On August 30, 1869, Major John Wesley Powell landed at the mouth of the Virgin River, about 12 miles south of here, thus ending the first boat expedition through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The expedition left Green River City, Wyo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHS_moapa-valley_Moapa-Valley-NV.html
Rich in prehistoric, pueblo-type culture, and noted by the explorer Jedediah Smith in 1826, Moapa Valley is crossed by the Old Spanish Trail. In 1865 Brigham Young sent 75 families to settle the area, to grow cotton for the people of Utah, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHE_charles-arthur-hughes-home_Mesquite-NV.html
Circa 1901"We lived in a lumber granary and the old rock house. We traded for this lot and built a sixteen-foot square room. I borrowed Jim's team and wagon and worked at the sawmill to get lumber for our first home." It was braced on rocks and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHD_drug-store-bakery_Mesquite-NV.html
In the 1940's the place to go was Leonard Patty's soda fountain and drug store. This was the first soda fountain in town and served up all the favorites for quenching thirst in those days, including phosphates and sodas of all varieties - lemon, v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHC_abram-woodbury-home-and-gas-station_Mesquite-NV.html
Abram Woodbury, one of the first permanent settlers in Mesquite, built a new home here circa 1919 and opened a mercantile store. He also built overnight cabins for tourists and operated Mesquite's first gas station. Abram purchased gasoline by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH0_rock-house_Mesquite-NV.html
This is the oldest standing house in Mesquite and was continuously used as a residence from 1894 until 2003. The original portion of the house dates from circa 1880 occupation when Mesquite Flats was temporarily settled. The large rocks made the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGZ_john-david-pulsipher-home_Mesquite-NV.html
John Pulsipher purchased the Tent School (Marker #9) and moved it across the street to this location to use as a residence. The following year he built a large adobe brick one-room house with walls three adobes thick. The tent was then converted t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGY_egg-house-telephone-building_Mesquite-NV.html
The Egg Association formed circa 1929 as a local cooperative, selling and distributing local eggs to tourist oriented businesses, or to market in Las Vegas. High school boys studying agriculture were part of the enterprise. The Association built a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGX_abbott-way-station_Mesquite-NV.html
On this site was one of the first rest-over businesses in the Virgin Valley. Here an early version of an adobe brick house was used as a small grocery store with a separate wash house that had shower and laundry facilities, and a way station (camp…
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