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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26KN_historic-transportation-from-honey-lake-to-virginia-city_Reno-NV.html
The historic road corridors from the Truckee Meadows northwestward into the Honey Lake area contains a tangle of intertwined routes following the course of valleys, portions of an emigrant trail cutoff, toll roads, county roads and casual parallel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25LB_emigrant-trail-truckee-river-route_Reno-NV.html
(front plaque) Marker No.T.R.R. 13-A — Truckee Meadows the California bound emigrants rested here before ascending the Sierras to the west (back plaque) This marker is No 13-A of a total of 70 placed along the Humbolt, Carlson, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25B1_n-c-o-railroad-depot_Reno-NV.html
This building was constructed as a passenger depot for the Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad, a narrow-gauge line connecting Reno with northern California and southern Oregon. It began operations in 1882 as the Nevada and California Railroad. R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25AL_site-of-reno-air-mail-field_Reno-NV.html
This Plaque Marks the Site of the Reno Air Mail Field Operated by United States Post Office Dept.Trans-Continental Air Mail Service The First Scheduled Mail - Plane Landed Here September 9, 1920
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VW_reno-at-the-crossroads_Reno-NV.html
A City Built on Trains and Automobiles Nevada's alliance with the Union during the Civil War was important not only for the mineral resources of the Comstock Lode but because the state held portion of the transcontinental transportation and commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U5_morrill-hall-1887_Reno-NV.html
First building on the Reno campus, Morrill Hall was named in honor of Senator Justin S. Morrill of Vermont. Author of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 which led to the establishment of the university. Founded in Elko in 1874, the campus was move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23S3_glendale-school_Sparks-NV.html
"Oldest remaining school in Nevada" Constructed in 1864 - in continuous use until 1958 Glendale, as a settlement, preceded Reno and was destined to be the metropolis on the Truckee River until the Central Pacific Railroad was induced to bypa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U8B_kooyooe-panunadu-pyramid-lake-historical_Reno-NV.html
America's most beautiful desert lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, which covered some 8,450 square miles in western Nevada during the Ice Age. Caves and rock shelters along its shore have yielded evidence of Numu (Paiute) people living he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U89_guanomi-mine-historical_Reno-NV.html
This site contains natural springs that were once used but the Tribe for cultural purposes. The springs have been destroyed from years of accumulated mine waste. The mine was active in the 1920s with low metal production. It has been abandoned sin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3J_moana-springs_Reno-NV.html
Opened as a resort on October 29, 1905, Moana Springs took its name from a famous Hawaiian spa. In addition to a large bath house with a pool fed by hot springs, Moana had a stately hotel, a clubhouse, baseball diamond and picnic grounds. Construc…
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