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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210_a-town-at-the-bottom_Tonopah-NV.html
About two miles in front of you, the remains of the town of Callville lie buried in silt on the bottom of Lake Mead. Originally developed as a port on the Colorado River to supply goods to Mormon settlements, Callville had long been a desolate rui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJ_valley-of-fire_Church-Hill-NV.html
has been designated a National Natural Landmark
This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the Nation's Natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of the environment.
1968 National Park Service United State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OI_nevadas-first-state-park_Church-Hill-NV.html
This park, situated on the old Arrowhead Trail, was designated on March 26, 1935 as Boulder Dam-Valley of Fire State Park.
Though four state parks were established by concurrent legislation, Valley of Fire is considered Nevada's first state pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OH_arrowhead-trail_Middletown-NV.html
1914—1924 Las Vegans claimed to be the originators of this all-weather route between Los Angels and Salt Lake City. From the beginning, the Arrowhead Trail was a "grass roots" effort including promotion by various chambers of commerce and vo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6_mary-jane-leavitt-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
July 16, 1873 - November 30, 1956.
? from weary travelers to women and their children who would come to visit ? she never turned anyone away without feeding them. She would invite you to eat and then say ?There's plenty such as 'tis; ? Bless he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9R_history-of-mesquite_Mesquite-NV.html
Mesquite proved a total failure after several years labor. And today only a few ravines and sand-filled ditches mark the place where the village once stood. —LDS Church Historian Andrew Jensen, 1891.
The remoteness of the area, the water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9Q_william-elias-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
October 16, 1869 - February 19, 1949.
It was under William Abbott's supervision that Mesquite was founded on a firm foundation. —Howard Pulsipher, Mesquite Pioneer.
At the age of eight, William journeyed from his birthplace in Ogden, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93_the-las-vegas-mormon-fort_Las-Vegas-NV.html
In April 1855, Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, called thirty men to leave their families and possessions in the recently settled towns of Utah to serve a mission at the Las Vegas Springs. The verdant me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91_the-old-spanish-trail_Mesquite-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 Angeles. The trail was later used by the wagons of the "49ers" and Mormon pio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90_school-and-gymnasium-block_Mesquite-NV.html
Public Square, Circa 1894 · Tent Chapel and School, circa 1899.When Mormon settlers came to Mesquite Flats in 1894, they designed the southeast corner of this block as the Public Square. It was a place where the community gathered for many …