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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/HM213W_fort-mcdermitt_McDermitt-NV.html
Established in 1865, Fort McDermitt was originally called Quinn River Camp #33 on the East Fork, then renamed in honor of Lt. Col. Charles McDermitt who died while fighting American Indians. The fort consisted of several adobe, stone, and frame bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212Q_rachel_Alamo-NV.html
D.C. Day started his Nevada Farms in the Sand Springs Valley in the mid 1960s, after moving here from Lubbock, Texas. Day subdivided a portion of his farm in 1973, eventually creating the town of Rachel in 1978. The town was named for Rachel Jones…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212A_the-yellow-pine-mining-company-railroad_Jean-NV.html
Built in 1911, The Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad was a twelve and a half mile long narrow gauge railroad connecting the town of Goodsprings with the Union Pacific Railroad here in Jean. The railroad was built using materials from the defunct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2129_desert-hills-cemetery_Beatty-NV.html
Beatty's first and only cemetery, the Desert Hills Cemetery dates back to the beginning of the community. Named for Montillus " Old Man" Beatty, the town was the center of the Bullfrog Mining District. The mining district got it's start with a str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20U9_amargosa-valleys-clay-industry_Amargosa-Valley-NV.html
Near here is the site of the Bradford siding on the Death Valley Railroad spur of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. This siding was used by the extensive clay quarries active in the Amargosa Valley from the 1920's until 1940. The first clay clai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20U8_jack-longstreet_Amargosa-Valley-NV.html
Jack Longstreet's life before 1880 is unknown. In 1880 Longstreet staked mining claims in Northern Arizona, claimed a Native American Wife, and two years later opened a saloon and drug store in Moapa, Nevada. By 1888, Longstreet was in Oasis Valle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIQ_missouri-flats_Elko-NV.html
During the 1800's this site was used as a bivouack-camp area for the "Sagebrush Clippers." These wagons served the mining districts of the area almost exclusively. The name of this colorful area was derived from the Missouri Mule, a cousin of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJP_the-arrowhead-trail-highway_Jean-NV.html
The first automobile road to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas was the Arrowhead Trail Highway. Planned, promoted and built beginning in the second decade of the twentieth century, this was one of the named interstate highways of the Good Roads mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4P_carson-colorado-railroad_Dayton-NV.html
By 1880 the ores of the Comstock had dwindled and the men who founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and owned most of the mills on the Comstock needed to restore their high level profits. Mining bonanzas in the southern deserts set a plan afoot …