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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COZ_stephen-tyng-mather_Baker-NV.html
Stephen Tyng Mather. July 4, 1867 - Jan 22, 1930. He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will neve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COD_making-charcoal_Ely-NV.html
Making Charcoal. . The charcoal making process took a total of 13 days and 35 cords of wood, from the time each oven was filled, burned, and then emptied. The wood was hauled by wagons or hand carts to the front of the oven, and the process of lay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3R_1862-fort-ruby-1869_Rockport-NV.html
Colonel P. Edward Connor was ordered to build and command this post in 1862. The fort was built midway between Salt Lake City, Utah and Carson City, Nevada to protect the Overland Mail Route (Pony Express) and emigrant travelers from Indian raider…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEU_osceola_Knoxville-NV.html
Osceola, most famous of the White Pine County gold producers, was probably the longest-lived placer camp in Nevada.
The gold-bearing quartz belt found in 1872 was 12 miles long by 7 miles wide. Placer gold was found in 1877 in a deep ravine ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BES_ely-forging-the-link_Ely-NV.html
James H. Simpson put the future site of Ely on the map during his 1859 exploration through the Great Basin. In the 1860's, silver and gold deposits were discovered nearby in what became the Robinson Mining District. Ely developed as a regional cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BER_nevada-northern-railway_Ely-NV.html
Mark Requa's Nevada Consolidated Copper Company built a 150-mile line from Cobre on the Southern Pacific to Ely in 1905-06 to haul ore from Copper Flat mines west of Ely.
Ore was loaded into railroad gondolas at Copper Flat for the trip to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEP_the-ward-cemetery_Knoxville-NV.html
The life histories of 46 residents of the Ward Cemetery tell a fascinating story about what life was like in the early mining boom towns of White Pine County. Most residents of Ward were not native to the area. Many came from as far away as China …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AW0_ward-charcoal-ovens_Sewickley-NV.html
Willow creek, a year round stream located 1/4 mile to the north, was a major stopover for freighters on the Toano to Pioche route between 1870 and 1876. "Bullwhackers" (common term for freighters) would turn out their "Sleepers" (tired oxen) in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A7K_schellbourne-gateway-to-the-goshute-nation_Ely-NV.html
Before Schellbourne: Before the Lincoln Highway, before the Pony Express, and before wagon trains rolled across the plains, the Kusiutta people (the Goshute people) lived here. This desert home has made survival difficult, but the extreme climate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OY_the-lincoln-highway_Ely-NV.html
The Visionary: Carl Fisher was a dreamer with an entrepreneurial spirit. After amassing a large fortune and building a reputation in the auto-parts industry, Fisher began to dream of building a paved hard-surface, coast-to-coast highway. He envisi…