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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJZ_corbett-fitzsimmons-fight_Carson-City-NV.html
On March 17, 1897, at an arena located on this site, Carson City played host to Nevada's first world championship prizefight, a fourteen-round thriller in which the reigning heavyweight titlist, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, was dethroned by R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119I_empire-and-the-carson-river-mills_Carson-City-NV.html
When the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, the problem of reducing the ore from the fabulously rich Virginia City mines had to be solved. Mills were built in Gold Canyon and Six Mile Canyon. In Washoe Valley, at Dayton, and on the Carson River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8M_st-charles-hotel_Carson-City-NV.html
One of the oldest continuously operating hotels in the state. It is composed of two hotels. The three story St. Charles and the two story Muller House next door south. Construction of both buildings took place in 1862 with completion in August of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8L_carson-city_Carson-City-NV.html
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Dedicated April 12, 1996Carson CityOriginal StationApr. 3, 1860 - Nov. 20, 1861byByron L. & Peggy Clark & FamilyBob & Tina McFaddenMae & Jim ThorpeThe Bike SmithBetty Young & Erica YoungPony Express Trail Association[Sponsors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME42_olcovich-meyers-house_Carson-City-NV.html
Olcovich-Meyers HouseHas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1874
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME32_nevada-viet-nam-memorial_Carson-City-NV.html
In memory of our Brothers who Never Returned FromRepublic of VietNam 1954 - 1975POW - MIA[Column 1:]Perry Richard Clark - LDCR - Navy - Carlin - 31 Aug. 1967 · Whittemore Frederick H. - CDR - Navy - Carson City 11 Apr. 1968 · Bower J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2S_isaac-evan-james_Carson-City-NV.html
In March 1868 William Sharon of the Bank of California contracted with Isaac Evan James to construct a railroad from the mines of the Comstock Lode to the stamp mills located on the Carson River. Survey work got underway in December and grading be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0O_rinckle-mansion_Carson-City-NV.html
Completed in 1876, this palatial residence represents one of the finest and best preserved examples of High Victorian Italianate architecture remaining in the American West.
Charles H. Jones, a French-schooled designer, constructed the residenc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0J_methodist-church-of-carson-city_Carson-City-NV.html
Dedicated in 1867, this church serves a congregation that was organized in 1859 and is often referred to as the "Cradle of Nevada Methodism". Like many other buildings in Carson City, the stone used in its construction was quarried at the nearby S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME01_old-mormon-station_Carson-City-NV.html
The principle emigrant trail to California's gold fields in the 1850's passed about 50 yards east of here. In June, 1850, Hampton S. Beatie and Abner Blackburn, two Mormons from Salt Lake City, established Nevada's first trading post a few yards f…