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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WU_humboldt-river_Winnemucca-NV.html
First discovered November 9, 1828 by Peter Skene Ogden on his fifth Snake Country Expedition. Entering Nevada near present Denio, Ogden came southward along Quinn River and the Little Humboldt River, emerging on the Humboldt main stem near this si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WT_button-point_Winnemucca-NV.html
A few houses, a ferry across the Humboldt River, and Bridge Street paved with sagebrush stubs comprised the town of Winnemucca in 1873 when Frank Button and his uncle I.V. Button drove cattle into the area to begin ranching operations in the rich,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VW_pioneer-memorial-park_Winnemucca-NV.html
This spot was part of the Pioneer Cemetery where rests Frank Baud and other of the pioneers who founded Winnemucca, earlier known as French Ford. Baud arrived in 1863 and is one of the men credited with naming the town Winnemucca after the famous …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VV_the-humboldt-canal_Winnemucca-NV.html
The Humboldt Canal, sometimes termed the Old French Canal, coursed southwestward from Preble, near Golconda, toward Mill City. The present highway crossed it at this point, from whence it ran southerly toward the Humboldt County Courthouse on Brid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VS_historic-marker_Winnemucca-NV.html
Site of school house given in 1868 by Frank Baud - a city founder
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VQ_winnemucca-to-the-sea-highway_Winnemucca-NV.html
This log is a portion of a redwood tree which contained 45,000 board feet of lumber. This tree drifted onto the Crescent City, California, beach during the 1964 flood. This log is 1477 years old and was cut from the largest piece of driftwood ever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148X_sarah-winnemucca-hopkins_McDermitt-NV.html
The Northern Paiute name Thocmetony (Shell-flower) was bestowed on this valiant daughter of Chief Winnemucca, and grandchild of the redoubtable Captain Truckee — a friend and supporter of General John C. Fremont. Sarah sought understanding b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148U_frank-w-barker-george-j-kennedy-walter-james-earnest-r-tippin-frank-j-vitale_Columbia-NV.html
Members of theCivilian Conservation CorpsCompany 1212Paradise Camp F-5who gave their lives for the conservationof Nevada's Natural Resources, while fighting fire about three miles eastof this point on July 28, 1939.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6I3_valmy_Valmy-NV.html
Overlooking the Old California Emigrant Trail, Valmy was named after the Battle of Valmy in France. Established in 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as a section point, Valmy served during the steam era as a water and fuel stop for the…